The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere: The Complete Series 1 and 2: The BBC Radio 4 Comedy

A BBC Radio 4 parody of the lives of the Romantic poets by Sue Limb, writer of the hit comedy Gloomsbury.An everyday story of towering genius, set in and around the Lakeland retreat of William and Dorothy Wordsmith. The Wordsmiths have not long settled in their sublime cottage when they are visited by the inebriate Samuel Tailor Cholericke and the lascivious Lord Biro, followed by numerous other romantically inclined writers and leech-pedlars who arrive at the door of Vole Cottage. Dorothy must manage the increasingly chaotic household (assisted by Stinking Iris) while William focuses on his latest masterpiece, 'The Withered Turnip'. Set against an elegant musical background of trilling sheep.Starring Denise Coffey as Dorothy Wordsmith, Geoffrey Whitehead as William Wordsmith, Simon Callow as Samuel Tailor Cholericke, Miriam Margolyes as Stinking Iris and Tim Curry as Lord Biro.Dorothy Denise Coffey William Geoffrey Whitehead Samuel Tailor Simon Callow Stinking Miriam Margolyes The Chris Emmett Lord Tim Curry Teresa Helen Atkinson Wood Percy Hugh Thomas Mary Alison Fiske Charles Nicholas le Prevost Mary Julia HillsThomas de Nickolas GraceSir Walter Bill PatersonMary Iris-Gemma MorlayJohn Nicky HensonSara Angela PleasanceWilliam John Shrapnel Eugene FraserMusic by Stephen Oliver, sung by CantabileProduced by Jonathan James-Moore