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Pauline Pepys's Dowry

Pauline Pepys's Dowry

  • Radio sitcom
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2010
  • 1 pilot

Radio 4 pilot set in the 1660s starring Olivia Colman and David Mitchell. Stars Olivia Colman, David Mitchell, Sharon Horgan, Katherine Parkinson, Rebekah Staton and more.

Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
2010
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Episodes
1 Pilot
Stars
Olivia Colman, David Mitchell, Sharon Horgan, Katherine Parkinson, Rebekah Staton, Tom Hollander and Dave Lamb
Writers
Amy Shindler and Beth Chalmers
Producer
Gareth Edwards
Company

UK women are less likely than ever to find a long-term boyfriend and one in four will never marry. A disturbing statistic? Not as disturbing as it was in the 1660s: Meet Pauline Pepys, a woman with a busy brother, an awful best friend and a lovelorn love life.

London is a terrifying place to be single with a best friend who's your worst enemy, and living with your brother and his wife who hates you. Worst of all, it's 1660 and there's a plague.

Additional details

Part of

Happy Tuesdays

Production
Studio

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Tuesday 10th August 2010 at 11pm on BBC Radio 4
Episode length
30 minutes
Most recent repeats
  • Saturday 18th August 2018 at 5:30am on Radio 4 Extra
  • Friday 17th August 2018 at 10:00pm on Radio 4 Extra
  • Friday 17th August 2018 at 5:30pm on Radio 4 Extra

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