The Secret Knocke
Spies and sinful vegetables at Firebasket Hall. English Civil War sitcom with Joss Ackland and Miriam Margolyes. From 1990.
Mercy's disguise is revealed, Father Francis is perplexed in his hole and Tobias denigrates the vegetables.
Arise Higgs and his platoon are billeted on Firebasket Hall - and Gazebo has lethal orders.
Sue Limb's six-part comedy set during the English Civil War in the days of Oliver Cromwell.
Sir John Firebasket ...... Joss Ackland
Lady Anne Firebasket ...... Denise Coffey
Tobias Thynne ...... Clive Merrison
Mercy, alias Melissa ...... Miriam Margolyes
Father Francis ...... Nickolas Grace
Slow Ned ...... Chris Emmett
Gazebo Fogg ...... Jack Klaff
Captain Arise Higgs ...... Alun Armstrong
Posthumous ...... Nicky Henson
Counter Tenor ...... Peter Hayward
Lettice ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Music by Colin Sell.
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in October 1990.
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