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[[Spiritual Successor]] slash [[Sound to Screen Adaptation]] of the radio series ''[[Bleak Expectations]]'', this is a [[Charles Dickens|Dickensian]] parody written by Mark Evans with an all-star cast including [[That Mitchell and Webb Look|Mitchell and Webb]], [[Stephen Fry]] and Johnny Vegas. It follows the story of [[Meaningful Name|Mr. Jedrington Secret-Past]] who tries to win his family and his business, [[Title Drop|The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff]], back from [[Amoral Attorney]] Malifax Skulkingworm.

* [[Alliteration]]: London's three great alliterative clocks, Big Ben, Massive Morris and Tiny Terry.

* [[Affably Evil]]: Skulkingworm shifts drastically between being a horrible old bastard and being rather pleasant.

* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: Skulkingworm's first scene has him act the part of an [[Amoral Attorney]], interspersed with him apologising and saying he's just acting on behalf of his client (who's "a meanie"). {{spoiler|His client just so happens to be himself.}}

* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections]]: When Grimstone is brought to trial, he arranges matters such that the jury is composed of his cousins, and his uncle is the judge.

** While Jedrington is having a sword firght with Skulkingworm he says [[Star Trek III: The Search For Spock|"I have had enough of you."]] before disarming him.

* [[Yet Another Christmas Carol]]: Deliberately [[Invoked Trope|invoked]] by Grimstone, who dresses up as the Rabbits of Easter Past, Present and Future in order to terrify Jedrington.

 

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