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The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
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Classic Serial
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00d6432
Info from BBC: Tobias Smollet's uproarious satire of 18th-century life, dramatised by Yvonne Antrobus. Squire Bramble and family embark on their whistle-stop tour of Great Britain. They encounter adventure, mayhem and the enigmatic Humphry Clinker. This story describes Squire Bramble's tour of the Britain of George III.
Mathew Bramble ...... Nigel Anthony
Tabitha Bramble ...... Marcia Warren
Lydia Melford ...... Helen Longworth
Jery Melford ...... Dan Starkey
Winifred Jenkins ...... Joanna Page
Humphry Clinker ...... Stuart McLoughlin
Sir Ulic Mackilligut ...... Sam Dale
John Thomas ...... Ben Crowe
Barton ...... Nyasha Hatendi
Lord Newcastle ...... John Rowe
Other parts played by Stephen Critchlow, Liz Sutherland and Chris Pavlo.
Directed by Marc Beeby.
1/3 To Bristol, in seach of a cure. 2/3 The family is stranded. Bramble is keen to continue their grand tour, but how can they leave London when Humphry is in gaol? 3/3 The Bramble family's adventures continue as they begin the long trip home, a journey full of surprises and unexpected revelations.
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