The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff

Overview

A Victorian comedy adventure in the style of Charles Dickens following shop owner Jedrington Secret-Past. Jedrington teams up with a seemingly charming new business partner, Harmswell Grimstone. As the Secret-Past family's fortunes rise, it looks like they are built on crumbling foundations indeed, especially when it is revealed that Conceptiva too has a secret that turns out to be even darker than Jedrington's own.

Created by Mark Evans

Network

• BBC Two

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Robert Webb

  Jedrington Secret-Past

  3 eps

• 

  Katherine Parkinson

  Conceptiva

  3 eps

• 

  Tim McInnerny

  Harmswell Grimstone

  3 eps

• 

  David Mitchell

  Jolliforth Jollington

  3 eps

Themes

• london, england
• victorian england
• parody
• miniseries

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