Gilbert Without Sullivan - Series 2 by Stephen Wyatt
Directed by Jenny Stephens
BBC Radio 4
This series was used as one-off fillers when needed
Dramatizations from the stories of WS Gilbert.
Episodes[]
Episode 1 - 15.12.2004 - The Wedding March - It's Woodpecker Tapping's wedding day. Everything that could go wrong does.
Cast:
- Anna Maria....Alex Tregear
- Bapp/Foodle....Paul Clarkson
- Bella Crackenthorpe/Leonora....Amy Shindler
- Bopaddy/Duke/Servant....John Rowe
- Bunthunder/Old Poppytop....Sion Probert
- WS Gilbert....Jonathan Coy
- Marchioness....Charlotte West-Oram
- Woodpecker Tapping....Jason Chan
Episode 2 - 22.12.2004 - A Sensation Novel - Ebeneezer Fudge, writer of melodramatic sensation novels, is disturbed when his characters start coming to life and criticising his preposterous plots.
Cast:
- Alice Grey....Wendy Baxter
- Demon of Romance....Nicholas Boulton
- Ebenezer Fudge....John Rowe
- WS Gilbert....Jonathan Coy
- Herbert....Jason Chan
- Lady Rockalda....Julia Hills
- Sir Ruthven Glenaloon....Hugh Dickson
Episode 3 - 29.12.2004 - A Colossal Idea - On holiday with his wife in Margate, Mr Yellowboy claims to be preparing the 123rd edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.But his activities are not that innocent.
Cast:
- Arabella Balderby....Sarah Hadland
- Cousin Jack/Guardsman....James Howard
- WS Gilbert....Jonathan Coy
- Mr Wellington Yellowboy....Tim Hudson
- Mrs Amelia Yellowboy....Bella Merlin
- Mrs Badger/Ticket Lady....Tina Gray
Episode 4 - 05.01.2005 - Tom Cobb, Or Fortune's Toy -Tom Cobb is engaged to Matilda O'Fipp, but the course of true love never runs smooth.
Cast:
- Bulstrode....Jason Chan
- Caroline Effingham....Bella Merlin
- Colonel O'Flipp....Stephen Hogan
- WS Gilbert....Jonathan Coy
- Matilda O'Flipp....Sarah Corbett
- Tim Whipple....James Howard
- Tom Cobb....Bertie Carvel
Episode 5 - 12.01.2005 - The Realm Of Joy - A West End play is causing such scandal that respectable Victorian theatregoers can't keep away.
Cast:
- WS Gilbert....Jonathan Coy
- Jellybag....Alexandra Delamere
- Mr Edgar Scruby....Tim Hudson
- Mr Joseph Porter....Stephen Hogan
- Mrs Hebe Porter....Bella Merlin
- Mrs Henrietta Scruby....Jilly Bond
- Mrs Spiff....Charlotte West-Oram
- Quilsby....Jeffrey Harmer