Classic Serial - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists - Episode 1

A shock is in store for the workmen as their ruthless boss Old Misery singles out one of the group. Ruth and Easton resort to desperate measures to pay the rent. Owen ...... Andrew Lincoln Easton ...... Johnny Vegas Crass ...... Timothy Spall Hunter (Old Misery) ...... Paul Whitehouse The Policeman ...... John Prescott MP Ruth ...... Shirley Henderson Rushton ...... Bill Bailey Barrington ...... Tom Goodman-Hill Slyme ...... Kevin Eldon Linden ...... Philip Jackson Mrs Linden ...... Gwyneth Powell Philpot ...... Tony Haygarth Bundy ...... Tony Pitts Bert ...... Des O'Malley Dawson/Sweater ...... Rupert Degas Sawkins ...... Andrew Langtree Mary ...... Emma Fryer Newman ...... Steven Radford Elsie ...... Yasmin Garrad Charlie ...... Jake Pratt Directed by Dirk Maggs.