Revolting People
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Revolting People is a BBC Radio 4 sitcom set in a period just before the American Revolutionary War in Baltimore, New England. Written by Andy Hamilton and Jay Tarses. Tarses plays a shopkeeper called Samuel Oliphant, while Hamilton plays a one legged, one-eyed, one-armed, one-nostrilled British soldier, Sergeant Roy McGurk. The first series originally ran in 2000, with series two in 2001, the third series followed in 2004.
Series 1 revolved around the imposition of martial law in Baltimore and the springing up of a torrid, though also chaste, love affair between Oliphant's daughter (who was also a notorious anti-British pamphleteer operating under the pseudonym Spartacus) and a Captain of the local British garrison. Series 2 was less continuous but developed the same theme with the added introduction of Oliphant's long-departed wife reappearing as a lesbian (to McGurk's lecherous satisfaction). Series 3 consisted of standalone episodes parodying various classic films with a final episode that turned the series on its head. A fourth series is promised in 2005 or 2006.
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Cast
- Andy Hamilton - Sergeant McGurk
- Jay Tarses - Samuel Oliphant
- Sophie Thompson - Mary Oliphant
- James Fleet - Captain Brimshaw
- Hugh Dennis - Ezekiel
- Felicity Montague - Cora (Series 1)
- Penelope Nice - Cora (Series 2&3)
- Tony Maudsley - Joshua
- Suzie Blake - Mrs. Arbuthna
Produced by Paul Mayhew Archer
Episode list
Series 1
1. January 18 Storm Clouds
2. January 25 More Storm Clouds
3. February 1 Even More Storm Clouds
4. February 8 Tons of Storm Clouds
5. February 15 A Helluva Lot of Even More Storm Clouds
6. February 22 An Incredible Amount of Storm Clouds
Series 2
1. April 24
2. May 1
3. May 8
4. May 15
5. May 22
6. May 29
Series 3
1. May 27 Young Love
2. Jun 3 A Kiss is Just a Kiss
3. June 10 The God-Given Talent
4. June 17 Over the Rainbow
5. June 24 Them Thar Hills
6. July 1 Secrets And Lies
External links
- Radio4's page on Revolting People (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/revoltingpeople.shtml)