Bleak Expectations - Series 2 - Chapter the Fifth: An Already Bad Life Made Worse but Sort of on Purpose

By Mark Evans Volume Two, Chapter the Fifth: An Already Bad Life Made Worse But Sort Of On Purpose. The comic Victorian epic sees Pip reach his lowest ebb in the worst place in the world, the East End of London in the first half of the nineteenth century. Full of self-loathing Pip drinks some very strong gin, finds he is really quite keen on opium, and falls in with a gang of thieving boys. But is their leader, Mr Abraham Bagel, a Roman Catholic ne'er-do-well, all he seems? Sir Philip...........................Richard Johnson Mr Benevolent........................Anthony Head Young Pip..................................Tom Allen Harry Biscuit......................James Bachman Sternbeater...................Geoffrey Whitehead Ripely Fecund......................Sarah Hadland Mr Parsimonious...............Laurence Howarth Pippa........................................Susy Kane Mr Scrunge...............................Mark Evans Produced by Gareth Edwards.