High and Low Life

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Pierce Egan is reduced to pawning himself. He talks his way out of this bind by relating the adventures of Tom, Bob and Jerry as they drink with the lower orders in the East End, dance with high society up West and attend a masquerade, where Jerry is smitten by a serial seductress... Starring Greg Wise and Mark Gatiss. Pierce Egan’s 19th-century comic novel adapted by Dan Tetsell. Pierce Egan .... Geoffrey McGivern Corinthian Tom .... Greg Wise Pickpocket .... Neil Edmond Jerry Hawthorn .... Mark Gatiss With James Bachman, Neil Edmond, Morwenna Banks, Giles Taylor and Alys Torrance. Original music by Ben Walker Producer: Tilusha Ghelani First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2006.