Episode 2
Whatâs the mystery at Sweeney Toddâs in Fleet Street? Joannaâs suspicions lead her to dress up as a boy and enter the barberâs employment. Is her sweetheart Mark still alive?
It's the reign of George III. Whatâs going on at Sweeney Toddâs in Fleet Street?
Joanna disguises herself and enters the barberâs employment as âCharleyâ. Is her sweetheart Mark really lost at sea?
A dark humour enhances outstanding performances from Joanne Whalley as Mrs Lovett and Martin Jarvis as Sweeney Todd. With Rufus Sewell, Jonathan Cake, Julian Sands, Moira Quirk, Jack Cutmore-Scott, Matthew Wolf and Ian Ogilvy.
What will be discovered in the vaults beneath St Dunstanâs? Investigator Richard Blunt and loyal Lieutenant Jeffreys aim to protect Joanna. Can Mrs Lovett extract herself from a fearful relationship with Todd? What is the true secret of the barberâs shop? Betrayal, blackmail, murder? Is justice possible?
Cast:
Mrs LovettâŠJoanne Whalley
Colonel JeffreyâŠRufus Sewell
Sir Richard BluntâŠJonathan Cake
Sweeney Todd⊠Martin Jarvis
MarkâŠJack Cutmore-Scott
JoannaâŠMoira Quirk
ArabellaâŠElizabeth Knowelden
Crotchet/Mr Brown/Dr MurphyâŠMatthew Wolf
Mr WrankleyâŠJulian Sands
The JudgeâŠIan Ogilvy
Morgan/AttorneyâŠNeil Dickson
Clerk/Sir ErnestâŠDarren Richardson
Boatman/Counsel/FishermanâŠAlan Shearman
Other parts played by members of the company.
Dramatised by Archie Scottney, based on the novel by Thomas Prest
DirectorâŠRosalind Ayres
A Jarvis and Ayres production for ±«Óătv Radio 4
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