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01In Training For A Swell2006050120110518/19 (BBC7)
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A tour of the sprawling post-Regency Metropolis in the years before the Victorians turned up and made everything boring

All in the company of garrulous author Pierce Egan, cocksure urbanite Corinthian Tom, his naive Somerset cousin Jerry Hawthorn and their drunken compatriot Bob Logic.

Starring Greg Wise, Mark Gatiss and James Bachman.

Pierce Egan .... Geoffrey McGivern

Corinthian Tom .... Greg Wise

Jerry Hawthorn .... Mark Gatiss

Bob Logic .... James Bachman

Old Hawthorn .... Christopher Douglas

Corinthian Kate .... Amanda Abbingdon

Mrs Belcher .... Laura Shavin

Mr Primefit .... Dave Lamb

Music: Ben Walker

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2006.

Cocksure Tom and his country cousin Jerry tour the sprawling post-Regency metropolis.

02The Fancy2006050820110525/26 (BBC7)
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Tom and Jerry visit a cockfight, try to buy a horse, meet a sporting legend and lay a wager on which is better, London or the West Country.

Meanwhile, garrulous narrator Pierce Egan takes literary critic William Hazlitt to his first boxing match.

Starring Greg Wise, Mark Gatiss and James Bachman.

Corinthian Tom .... Greg Wise

Jerry Hawthorn .... Mark Gatiss

Bob Logic .... James Bachman

Plausible Jack .... Ben Graves

William Hazlitt/Tom Cribb .... Alex Mcqueen

Mrs Egan .... Alys Torrence

Pierce Egan .... Geoffrey McGivern

Music: Ben Walker

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2006.

Tom and Jerry visit a 19th-century cockfight and make a special wager.

03Mr Lushington2006051520110601/02 (BBC7)
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If Pierce can't meet his deadline, how will the audience hear about a visit to the slums, George IV's interior decorating, and a dog fighting a monkey?

Starring Greg Wise, Mark Gatiss and James Bachman.

Pierce Egan .... Geoffrey McGivern

Hustle .... Alex Macqueen

Corinthian Tom .... Greg Wise

Pickpocket .... Neil Edmond

Jerry Hawthorn .... Mark Gatiss

Jarvey .... Ben Graves

Bob Logic .... James Bachman

Fishwife .... Laura Shavin

Mrs Egan .... Alys Torrence

Corinthian Kate .... Amanda Abbington

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2006.

Pierce Egan is behind with news of slums, a king's interiors and a dog-and-monkey fight.

04High And Low Life2006052220110608/09 (BBC7)
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Pierce Egan is reduced to pawning himself.

He talks his way out of this bind by relating the adventures of Tom, Bob and Jerry as they drink with the lower orders in the East End, dance with high society up West and attend a masquerade, where Jerry is smitten by a serial seductress...

Starring Greg Wise and Mark Gatiss.

Pierce Egan .... Geoffrey McGivern

Corinthian Tom .... Greg Wise

Pickpocket .... Neil Edmond

Jerry Hawthorn .... Mark Gatiss

With James Bachman, Neil Edmond, Morwenna Banks, Giles Taylor and Alys Torrance.

Original music by Ben Walker

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2006.

Pierce Egan tries sharing Tom, Bob and Jerry's adventures around town.

05The Show Folks2006052920110615/16 (BBC7)
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Desperate for money, Pierce Egan tries to get Tom, Bob and Jerry's adventures onto the stage.

Jerry rescues a damsel at Bartholomew fair who leads him once more to the rapacious lady wanton...

Starring Greg Wise and Mark Gatiss.

Pierce Egan .... Geoffrey McGivern

Corinthian Tom .... Greg Wise

Pickpocket .... Neil Edmond

Jerry Hawthorn .... Mark Gatiss

With James Bachman, Chris Douglas, Dave Lamb, Morwenna Banks, Neil Edmond and Margaret Cabourn-Smith.

Original music by Ben Walker

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2006.

06 LASTAn End To Life In London2006060520110622/23 (BBC7)
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With Bob 'on the Fleet' for debts, Tom betrayed by Kate, and Jerry so fatigued that rustication is recommended, is this an end to the trio's adventures?

Some years on, an older, more reflective Egan ruminates on the heyday of Life in London.

Starring Greg Wise and Mark Gatiss.

Conclusion of Pierce Egan's 19th-century comic novel adapted by Dan Tetsell.

Pierce Egan ... Geoffrey McGivern

Theodore Holt ... Giles Taylor

Corinthian Tom ... Greg Wise

George Sala ... Ben Graves

Jerry Hawthorn Mark Gatiss

Fanny Margaret ... Cabourn Smith

Bob Logic ... James Bachman

Corinthian Kate ... Amanda Abbington

Original music by Ben Walker

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2006.

Some years on, Pierce Egan must adapt the adventures of Tom, Bob and Jerry to new rules.