Series of five comic tales by William Makepeace Thackeray, adapted by Stephen Wyatt, recounting the rise and fall of early-19th Century footman Charles Yellowplush. When a fashionable society novelist comes to stay at Diddlesex Towers, he inspires Charles to undertake an ambitious and scandalous enterprise. Charles Yellowplush ...... Adam Buxton Duke ...... Paul Rider Duchess ...... Janice Acquah Marquess ...... Inam Mirza Mary Ann ...... Annabelle Dowler Modicum ...... Gunnar Cauthery Scavenger ...... Stephen Critchlow Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.