Bleak Expectations

Last Edited: 02-Oct-2014 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
15-Aug-2007 1-1 A Childhood Cruelly Kippered
Richard Johnson, Tom Allen, Anthony Head, Celia Imrie,
Laurence Howarth, Geoffrey Whitehead, Susy Kane,
Perdita Weeks, Mark Perry, Sarah Hadland, James
Bachman, Mark Evans
Written by Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards
ABC RN
27:59, 13122, m
22-Aug-2007 1-2 An Adolescence Utterly Trashed
Richard Johnson, Tom Allen, Anthony Head, Geoffrey
Whitehead, Celia Imrie, Susy Kane, Sarah Hadland,
James Bachman, Mark Evans
Written by Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards
ABC RN
27:59, 13121, m
29-Aug-2007 1-3 A Youth Utterly Crocked
Richard Johnson, Tom Allen, Anthony Head, Celia Imrie,
Laurence Howarth, Geoffrey Whitehead, Susy Kane,
Perdita Weeks, Sarah Hadland, James Bachman, Mark
Perry, Mark Evans
Written by Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards
ABC RN
28:03, 13149, m
05-Sep-2007 1-4 A Young Adulthood Bitterly Dismantled
Richard Johnson, Tom Allen, Anthony Head, Laurence
Howarth, Geoffrey Whitehead, Susy Kane, Sarah
Hadland, James Bachman, Mark Perry, Mark Evans
Written by Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards
ABC RN
27:57, 13105, m
12-Sep-2007 1-5 A Young Love Mercilessly
Dismembered
Richard Johnson, Tom Allen, Anthony Head, Celia Imrie,
Laurence Howarth, Geoffrey Whitehead, Susy Kane,
Sarah Hadland, James Bachman, Martha Howe-Douglas,
Mark Perry, Mark Evans
Written by Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards
ABC RN
28:05, 13166, m
19-Sep-2007
1-6 A Life Sadly Smashed...
Then Happily Restored A Bit
Richard Johnson, Tom Allen, Anthony Head, Celia Imrie,
Geoffrey Whitehead, Susy Kane, Mark Perry, Sarah
Hadland, James Bachman, Mark Evans
Written by Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards
ABC RN
28:03, 13152, m
07-Aug-2008 2-1 A Happy Life, Cruelly Re-Kippered
Richard Johnson, Tom Allen, Anthony Head, Laurence
Howarth, Geoffrey Whitehead, Susy Kane, Sarah
Hadland, James Bachman, Mark Evans
Written by Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards
BBC R4
28:04, 26314, S
14-Aug-2008 2-2 A Re-Kippered Life Smashed
Some More
Richard Johnson, Tom Allen, Anthony Head, Laurence
Howarth, Geoffrey Whitehead, Susy Kane, Sarah
Hadland, James Bachman, Mark Evans
Written by Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards
27:58, 26228, S
21-Aug-2008 2-3 A Recovery All Made Miserable
Richard Johnson, Tom Allen, Anthony Head, Geoffrey
Whitehead, Susy Kane, Sarah Hadland, James
Bachman, Mark Evans
Written by Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards
28:08, 26384, S
28-Aug-2008 2-4 A Restoration Re-ruined, Only
Even Worse
Richard Johnson, Tom Allen, Anthony Head, Geoffrey
Whitehead, Susy Kane, Sarah Hadland, James
Bachman, David Mitchell, Mark Evans
Written by Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards
28:07, 26360, S
04-Sep-2008 2-5 An Already Bad Life Made
Worse but Sort of on Purpose
Richard Johnson, Tom Allen, Anthony Head, Laurence
Howarth, Geoffrey Whitehead, Susy Kane, Sarah
Hadland, James Bachman, Mark Evans
Written by Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards
28:05, 26337, S
11-Sep-2008 2-6 A Happy Life Broken and then
Mended a Bit
Richard Johnson, Tom Allen, Anthony Head, Laurence
Howarth, Geoffrey Whitehead, Susy Kane, Sarah
Hadland, James Bachman, Mark Evans
Written by Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards
28:05, 26329, S
29-Oct-2009 3-1 A Lovely Life Re-Kippered Again
Once More
Richard Johnson, Tom Allen, Anthony Head, James
Bachman, Geoffrey Whitehead, Susy Kane, Sarah
Hadland, Mark Evans
Written by Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards
28:13, 26457, S
05-Nov-2009 3-2 A Now Grim Life Yet More Grimified
Richard Johnson, Tom Allen, Anthony Head, James
Bachman, Geoffrey Whitehead, Susy Kane, Sarah
Hadland, Mark Evans
Written by Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards
28:16, 26500, S
12-Nov-2009 3-3 A Sort of Fine Life De-niced
Completely
Richard Johnson, Tom Allen, Anthony Head, James
Bachman, Geoffrey Whitehead, Susy Kane, Sarah
Hadland, Mark Evans
Written by Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards
28:16, 26507, S
19-Nov-2009 3-4 A Horrible Life Un-ruined and
then Re-ruinated a Lot
Richard Johnson, Tom Allen, Anthony Head, James
Bachman, Geoffrey Whitehead, Susy Kane, Sarah
Hadland, Mark Evans
Written by Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards
28:15, 26494, S
26-Nov-2009 3-5 An Evil Life Sort of Explained
Richard Johnson, Tom Allen, Anthony Head, James
Bachman, Jane Asher, Geoffrey Whitehead, Sarah
Hadland, Mark Evans
Written by Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards
28:16, 26509, S
03-Dec-2009 3-6 Lives Lost, Ruined, Wrecked
and Redeemed
Richard Johnson, Tom Allen, Anthony Head, James
Bachman, Geoffrey Whitehead, Susy Kane, Sarah
Hadland, Raquel Cassidy, Mark Evans
Written by Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards
28:16, 26512, S
11-Nov-2010 4-1 A Tolerable Life De-Happified
Richard Johnson, Tom Allen, Anthony Head, James
Bachman, Geoffrey Whitehead, Susy Kane, Sarah
Hadland, Mark Evans
Written by Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards
28:09, 26392, S
18-Nov-2010 4-2 A Now-Spoiled Life Smashed
Some More
Richard Johnson, Tom Allen, Anthony Head, James
Bachman, Geoffrey Whitehead, Susy Kane, Sarah
Hadland, Mark Evans
Written by Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards
28:10 26414, S
25-Nov-2010 4-3 A Wretched Life Made Much,
Much Sadder
Richard Johnson, Tom Allen, Anthony Head, James
Bachman, Geoffrey Whitehead, Susy Kane, Sarah
Hadland, Mark Evans
Written by Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards
28:12, 26450, S
02-Dec-2010 4-4 A Painful Life Further Re-Miserabled
Richard Johnson, Tom Allen, Anthony Head, James
Bachman, Geoffrey Whitehead, Susy Kane, Sarah
Hadland, Mark Evans
Written by Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards
28:14, 26475, S
09-Dec-2010 4-5 A Now Tricky Life Woefully
Miseried Up
Richard Johnson, Tom Allen, Anthony Head, James
Bachman, Geoffrey Whitehead, Susy Kane, Sarah
Hadland, David Mitchell, Mark Evans
Written by Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards
28:14, 26480, S
16-Dec-2010 4-6 A Life Destroyed Then
Repaired and Rehappied
Richard Johnson, Tom Allen, Anthony Head, James
Bachman, Geoffrey Whitehead, Susy Kane, Sarah
Hadland, David Mitchell, Mark Evans
Written by Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards
28:16, 26504, S
20-Nov-2012
5-1
A Pleasant Yet Dull Life Re-Evilled
Richard Johnson, Tom Allen, Anthony Head, James
Bachman, Geoffrey Whitehead, Sarah Hadland, Susy
Kane, Mark Evans
Written by Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards
28:11, 26427, S
27-Nov-2012
5-2
A Re-Excited Life Made Distinctly
Dangerous
Richard Johnson, Tom Allen, Anthony Head, James
Bachman, Geoffrey Whitehead, Sarah Hadland, Susy
Kane, Mark Evans
Written by Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards
27:56, 26198, S
04-Dec-2012
5-3
An Alrightish Life Savagely Frozen
to Bits
Richard Johnson, Tom Allen, Anthony Head, James
Bachman, Geoffrey Whitehead, Sarah Hadland, Susy
Kane, Mark Evans
Written by Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards
27:57, 26216, S
11-Dec-2012
5-4
A Writerly Life Made Dreadfully
Different
Richard Johnson, Tom Allen, Anthony Head, James
Bachman, Geoffrey Whitehead, Sarah Hadland, Susy
Kane, Mark Evans
Written by Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards
28:11, 26429, S
18-Dec-2012
5-5
A Terrifying Life Made Even
Scarier a Bit Some More
Richard Johnson, Tom Allen, Anthony Head, James
Bachman, Geoffrey Whitehead, Sarah Hadland, Susy
Kane, Mark Evans
Written by Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards
28:11, 26435, S
25-Dec-2012
5-6
A Loved-Up Life Potentially
Totally Annihilated
Richard Johnson, Tom Allen, Anthony Head, James
Bachman, Geoffrey Whitehead, Sarah Hadland, Susy
Kane, Mark Evans
Written by Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards
28:12, 26441, S

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