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London, 1853, and the sedate religious publishing house of Spavin and Spavin is about to experience a radical shake-up. Vivacious actress Cordelia is on the hunt for her next husband and has her eye on Gerald, one of the firm's partners, while her son, Primus, has ambitions to take over the firm. And when he does, it'll be out with the Bibles and in with the best sellers - starting with Charlotte Brontë's latest blockbuster....

Series 1



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Episodes


Bronte Country

London 1853, and a firm of religious publishers is transformed by an actress and her son.

Gone for a Burton

1855 - Primus's latest publishing coup is an explorer, but he seems to have lost his way.

The Man in White

Bored by Gerald, Cordelia is having fun with struggling novelist Wilkie Collins.

The Prosser Prize

Primus does his utmost to ensure one of his books will win a literary award.

Series 2



Audio comming soon...

Episodes


Self Help

1860 London. Publishing sitcom with Maggie Steed and Elizabeth Spriggs.

Great Expectations

Ailing Victorian publishers Spavin and Spavin hope Charles Dickens can save them.

Terminal Journals

Primus plots to save the firm by publishing deathbed memoirs of the famous.

Merger Most Foul

Edith’s refusal to let Primus publish her books sparks desperate merger talks.



Cast


Michael Cochrane as 'Primus'
Maggie Steed as 'Cordelia'
David Horovitch as 'Gerald'
Elizabeth Spriggs as 'Edith'
Geoffrey Whitehead as 'Reverend Brontë / Prosser'
Sarah Jane Holm as 'Charlotte Brontë'
Frances Jeater as 'Mrs Gaskell / Emily Brontë / Katie Joiner / Mrs Prosser'
David Antrobus as 'Equity / Waiter / George Eliot / Thackeray'
Norman Rodway as 'Richard Burton'
David Timson as 'Wilkie Collins'
Charles Simpson as 'Simeon'
Ioan Meredith as 'Prince Albert / Smiles / Trollope'
Stephen Critchlow as 'John / Rossetti / Cab driver'
Joan Sims as 'Mrs Quirk'
Becky Hindley as 'Lizzie Siddal'
Rachel Atkins as 'Mrs Beeton'
Gerard McDermott as 'Beeton'

Writen by

Martyn Wade