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[[Spiritual SuccessorSuccesso[[Category:TV Series]]] slash [[Sound to Screen AdaptationAdaptatio[[Category:TV Series]]] of the radio series ''[[Bleak ExpectationsExpectation[[Category:TV Series]]]'', this is a [[Charles Dickens|DickensianDickensia[[Category:TV Series]]] parody written by Mark Evans with an all-star cast including [[That Mitchell and Webb Look|Mitchell and Webb]], [[Stephen FryFr[[Category:TV Series]]] and Johnny Vegas. It follows the story of [[Meaningful Name|Mr. Jedrington Secret-PastPas[[Category:TV Series]]] who tries to win his family and his business, [[Title Drop|The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff]], back from [[Amoral AttorneyAttorne[[Category:TV Series]]] Malifax Skulkingworm.
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* [[AlliterationAlliteratio[[Category:TV Series]]]: 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.
* [[Amoral AttorneyAttorne[[Category:TV Series]]]: Skulkingworm, the main villain of the pilot. {{spoiler|Curiously, when he's in 'client' mode he's an evil, cackling old scoundrel, but when he's in 'lawyer' mode he's actually quite friendly and pleasant.}}
* [[Androcles' LionLio[[Category:TV Series]]]: The orphan Jedrington treats like any other customer at the begining of the Christmas episode.
* [[The Artful DodgerDodge[[Category:TV Series]]]: Parodied with the Artful Codger ("codger" being slang for an older person) who has had to spend his life with a gang of urchin kids because he failed the exam to graduate to "vagabond" or "ne'er-do-well".
* [[Bazaar of the BizarreBizarr[[Category:TV Series]]]: The eponymous shop of stuff.
* [[Big NoN[[Category:TV Series]]]: Servegood delivers one at the end of Episode 2.
* [[British BrevityBrevit[[Category:TV Series]]]: It aired starting with a one hour [[Christmas Special]] before Christmas 2011 with another three half hour episodes.
* [[Deliberate Values DissonanceDissonanc[[Category:TV Series]]]: Hatred of the French and extreme sexism. Both [[Played for LaughsLaugh[[Category:TV Series]]].
* [[G-Rated DrugDru[[Category:TV Series]]]: Treacle. Exagerated to the point where it's actually dangerous.
* [[Evil Laugh]]: Skulkingworm seems to love them.
* [[The FundamentalistFundamentalis[[Category:TV Series]]]: Secret-Past's adoptive aunts.
* [[It Will Never Catch OnO[[Category:TV Series]]]: Harmswell Grimstone considered trying to find a business partner by [[The Apprentice (TV series)|putting a group of candidates through demeaning weekly tasks and firing them one by oneon[[Category:TV Series]]], but rejected the idea as ludicrous.
* [[Meaningful NameNam[[Category:TV Series]]]: Almost every single character has one.
* [[Man Behind the ManMa[[Category:TV Series]]]: Subverted. {{spoiler|Skulkingworm's "client" is...Skulkingworm.}}
* [[May Contain Evil]]: "[[Magically-Binding Contract|ContractContrac[[Category:TV Series]]] may contain traces of evil."
* [[Mook Face TurnTur[[Category:TV Series]]]: Fearshiver has one, {{spoiler|Skulkingworm killed his parents. "He placed a large amount of legalments and injunctions on them. [[Dropped a Bridge on Him|Literally - they were crushed to death]]."}}
* [[Nice HatHa[[Category:TV Series]]]: A man is nothing without his! Special mention to Skulkingworm, who seems to have some sort of mechanism that can make his top hat extend to several times his own height.
* [[The NicknamerNickname[[Category:TV Series]]]: Maggoty the treacle fiend, who calls people by the names of birds.
* [[Overly Long GagGa[[Category:TV Series]]]: Mrs. Christmasham, describing the circumstances of her wedding.
{{quote|'''Mrs. Christmasham:''' I was due to be married on Christmas Day, and I waited at the altar for my beloved husband-to-be, and I waited and waited, and waited and waited, and I waited and waited, and I waited and waited, and waited and waited, and wait --
'''Jedringham:''' Did he basically not turn up?
'''Mrs. Christmasham:''' How could you have possibly fathomed that? }}
* [[Punch Clock VillainVillai[[Category:TV Series]]]: Skulkingworm's first scene has him act the part of an [[Amoral AttorneyAttorne[[Category:TV Series]]], 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 ConnectionsConnection[[Category:TV Series]]]: When Grimstone is brought to trial, he arranges matters such that the jury is composed of his cousins, and his uncle is the judge.
* [[Shout-OutOu[[Category:TV Series]]]: To ''Bleak Expectations''. Harrumble indeed!
** {{spoiler|PS Little Nell has died}}
** 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.
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