Series 3, Episode 2 - A Now Grim Life Yet More Grimified
Pip Bin faces his most gruelling fate yet at the hands of his evil undead ex-guardian and an enormous quantity of cheese. But can the spirits of Harvest Festival past, present and future show him a way to redemption?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 5th November 2009
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Press
Bleak Expectations, Radio 4's comedy Dickens pastiche, is back for its third series. This week Mr Benevolent tortured Pip Bin, beginning by overcooking the salmon and offering red instead of white wine. I hate that red wine with fish joke, but I did enjoy the subsequent cheese torture. "I must have a cracker, maybe some chutney?" begged Pip. Tightly punned and briskly acted, with some excellent sound effects, Bleak Expectations is expert stuff, in the manner of Blackadder. It just needs a bit more madness to become a real classic.
Miranda Sawyer, The Observer, 8th November 2009
