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===Parents===
===Parents===
* '''Henry Bagthorpe''', father of the family. A scriptwriter for the [[BBC]]. He is prone to hyperbolic rant reserving a particular distaste for the infant graffiti artist Daisy, stating "she will herself be in immediate need of an elegy" should she write poems on his walls.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16591424|title=Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga|last=Helen.|first=Cresswell,|date=1982, ©1979|publisher=Puffin in association with Faber|others=Bennett, Jill, 1934-|year=|isbn=0140313249|location=Harmondsworth|pages=9|oclc=16591424}}</ref> The inclination to suggesting death for those that offend him is repeated with Aunt Lucy who doesn't believe in time "the only logical thing for her...is to clear off to where there isn't any - namely eternity."<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16591424|title=Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga|last=Helen.|first=Cresswell,|date=1982, ©1979|publisher=Puffin in association with Faber|others=Bennett, Jill, 1934-|year=|isbn=0140313249|location=Harmondsworth|pages=96|oclc=16591424}}</ref>Neither is he fond of Zero often referring to him as numbskulled, mutton-headed and pudding-footed.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16591424|title=Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga|last=Helen.|first=Cresswell,|date=1982, ©1979|publisher=Puffin in association with Faber|others=Bennett, Jill, 1934-|year=|isbn=0140313249|location=Harmondsworth|pages=192|oclc=16591424}}</ref>
* '''Henry Bagthorpe''', father of the family. A scriptwriter for the [[BBC]]. Often questions his mental health and fears an imminent nervous collapse.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11339067|title=Bagthorpes abroad : being the fifth part of the Bagthorpe saga|last=Helen.|first=Cresswell,|date=1984|publisher=Faber|others=Bennett, Jill, 1934-|year=|isbn=0571133509|location=London|pages=24|oclc=11339067}}</ref> He is prone to hyperbolic rant reserving a particular distaste for the infant graffiti artist Daisy, stating "she will herself be in immediate need of an elegy" should she write poems on his walls.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16591424|title=Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga|last=Helen.|first=Cresswell,|date=1982, ©1979|publisher=Puffin in association with Faber|others=Bennett, Jill, 1934-|year=|isbn=0140313249|location=Harmondsworth|pages=9|oclc=16591424}}</ref> The inclination to suggesting death for those that offend him is repeated with Aunt Lucy who doesn't believe in time "the only logical thing for her...is to clear off to where there isn't any - namely eternity."<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16591424|title=Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga|last=Helen.|first=Cresswell,|date=1982, ©1979|publisher=Puffin in association with Faber|others=Bennett, Jill, 1934-|year=|isbn=0140313249|location=Harmondsworth|pages=96|oclc=16591424}}</ref>Neither is he fond of Zero often referring to him as numbskulled, mutton-headed and pudding-footed.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16591424|title=Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga|last=Helen.|first=Cresswell,|date=1982, ©1979|publisher=Puffin in association with Faber|others=Bennett, Jill, 1934-|year=|isbn=0140313249|location=Harmondsworth|pages=192|oclc=16591424}}</ref>
* '''Laura Bagthorpe''', mother of the family. An [[agony aunt]] (under the name "Stella Bright"), and part-time [[magistrate]], ironically any advice she gives to her own clan is rarely taken.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16591424|title=Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga|last=Helen.|first=Cresswell,|date=1982, ©1979|publisher=Puffin in association with Faber|others=Bennett, Jill, 1934-|year=|isbn=0140313249|location=Harmondsworth|pages=11|oclc=16591424}}</ref>
* '''Laura Bagthorpe''', mother of the family. An [[agony aunt]] (under the name "Stella Bright"), and part-time [[magistrate]], ironically any advice she gives to her own clan is rarely taken.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16591424|title=Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga|last=Helen.|first=Cresswell,|date=1982, ©1979|publisher=Puffin in association with Faber|others=Bennett, Jill, 1934-|year=|isbn=0140313249|location=Harmondsworth|pages=11|oclc=16591424}}</ref>


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The Bagthorpe Saga is a series of 10 fiction books written by author Helen Cresswell between 1977 and 2001.[1] The series became the basis of a TV comedy series - also called The Bagthorpe Saga - in 1981, and also won two International Reading Association awards.[2] The books were published in the UK and the United States by Faber and Faber.

Background

The saga follows the lives of the eccentric Bagthorpe family, who live in Unicorn House in an unspecified but rural part of the UK. The nearest large settlement is the fictional town of Aysham.

Books in the Saga

  1. Ordinary Jack (1977) ISBN 0-380-43349-4
  2. Absolute Zero (1978) ISBN 0-571-11155-6
  3. Bagthorpes Unlimited (1978) ISBN 0-380-49296-2
  4. Bagthorpes Versus the World (1979) ISBN 0-340-72246-0
  5. Bagthorpes Abroad (1984) ISBN 0-14-031972-7
  6. Bagthorpes Haunted (1985) ISBN 0-340-71655-X
  7. Bagthorpes Liberated (1989) ISBN 0-02-725441-0
  8. The Bagthorpe Triangle (1992) ISBN 0-571-17805-7
  9. Bagthorpes Besieged (1996) ISBN 0-571-17423-X
  10. Bagthorpes Battered (2001) ISBN 0-340-78824-0

Main characters

Parents

  • Henry Bagthorpe, father of the family. A scriptwriter for the BBC. Often questions his mental health and fears an imminent nervous collapse.[3] He is prone to hyperbolic rant reserving a particular distaste for the infant graffiti artist Daisy, stating "she will herself be in immediate need of an elegy" should she write poems on his walls.[4] The inclination to suggesting death for those that offend him is repeated with Aunt Lucy who doesn't believe in time "the only logical thing for her...is to clear off to where there isn't any - namely eternity."[5]Neither is he fond of Zero often referring to him as numbskulled, mutton-headed and pudding-footed.[6]
  • Laura Bagthorpe, mother of the family. An agony aunt (under the name "Stella Bright"), and part-time magistrate, ironically any advice she gives to her own clan is rarely taken.[7]

Children

Three of the four children are held (chiefly by themselves) to be frightfully gifted ('genii') and work assiduously at the many 'Strings to their Bows'. The view of their stellar intelligence and conduct is not shared by their headmaster who leaves a blank in his comment boxes on their reports since "If he said anything complimentary he would be perjuring himself."[8] The Bagthorpe children steam open the envelopes for their reports to forge flattering comments.[9]

  • William Bagthorpe, sixteen, whose talents include drumming, amateur radio, mathematics, and tennis. He spends much of his spare time communicating with a character called "Anonymous from Grimsby."
  • Tess Bagthorpe, fourteen, fluent in French, (in one book, Tess undertakes to rewrite Voltaire to get into the Guinness Book of Records), she also plays the oboe and piano and has a black belt in judo. Claims a burgeoning String in hypnotism.[10]
  • Jack Bagthorpe, twelve, who has no 'strings' whatsoever
  • Rosie Bagthorpe, ten, whose 'strings' include mathematics (putting her in competition with William), violin, painting and photography.

Other family members

  • Maud Bagthorpe, mother of Henry Bagthorpe. She and her husband, Alfred, live with the other Bagthorpes at Unicorn House, on a 'temporary' basis. Henry Bagthorpe is described as being her favourite son as he is always easy to goad into stupendous rows.[11] However, she would never admit this. She holds a vendetta against Uncle Parker for running over her spiteful cat Thomas four years ago but acquires a replacement. She dotes upon Daisy, calling her a "shining jewel of a child" and probably recognizing her as a kindred spirit.
  • Alfred Bagthorpe, father of Henry. Unlike all the other Bagthorpes, he is described as living a quiet life, enjoying fishing and watching television with the sound turned off. Both watching television without sound and his ability to live a peaceful parallel life in the Bagthorpe household can be attributed to his reduced hearing - Russell describes him as "S.D. - Selectively Deaf".
  • Celia Parker, daughter of Grace and Alfred, and sister to Henry. Married to Russell Parker. She wears cheesecloth in the manner of a dishevelled Greek heroine but her attire can stretch to resembling a waterfall.[12] She writes poetry and can finish The Times crossword faster than Henry Bagthorpe. Mrs Fosdyke disputes her mental health claiming she's "only half there".[13]
  • Russell Parker, husband of Celia Parker. He has a large private income from "something in shares", drives fast (on one occasion running over Thomas, Grandma Bagthorpe's cat) and also enjoys goading Henry Bagthorpe into massive arguments.
  • Daisy Parker, the precocious and trouble-making 4-year-old daughter of Celia and Russell Parker. Goes through phases, which include flooding, arson, graffiti andmorbidity (described as "Intimations of Mortality" by her mother). The latter phase marks a nadir in her popularity with both William and the usually mild Jack wishing her "dead and buried". [14] She writes elegies for the interred such as a lamb chop "All the lams are dying/All the lams are ded"[15] whilst ascribing arbitrary dates for birth and death such as a mouse living from "1692-1792 Forevver and evver" [sic].[16]
  • Uncle Claud, a vicar. He is the son of Grace and Alfred, and brother to Henry. Married to Penelope, they have two children, Luke and Esther. He and his family are considered very boring by the rest of the Bagthorpes.
  • Aunt Penelope, an obsessive compulsive and religious woman, who is the wife of Claud. She is sufficiently worried for her children's health that she puts all library books in the oven to sterilise them before letting her children read them. The rest of the Bagthorpes were very amused to learn that on one occasion she forgot the books, burning them.
    • Luke, and Esther, Penelope's and Claud's two genius children. Luke is a Young Brain of Britain, and Esther tells tales. They do one another's boasting.
  • Great Aunt Lucy, 87,[17] an eccentric and wealthy relative of Henry, who lives in Torquay. She visits the family following Mr Bagthorpe's invitation since he seeks to benefit from her testamentary disposition[18]. She does not believe in Time, consequently has no set time for anything, is afraid of the full moon and has a vicious Pekinese called Wung Foo.

Other characters

  • Mrs. Fosdyke, the Bagthorpes' housekeeper. Has a tendency to malapropisms eg "vegitinararians", "syllabubs"[19] "Pekingese"[20] and "silver handshake."[21] She critiques the family as "that bunch of lunatics"[22] whilst supping Guinness at the local pub The Fiddler's Arms.[23] In permanent feud with Mr Bagthorpe who is distressed, inter alia by her excessive vacuuming and its deleterious effect upon the longevity of the carpet fibres.[24] Often claims to be on the verge of insanity.[25]
  • Zero, the Bagthorpe family's pet dog. Despite lacking confidence and being near untrainable he achieves world fame through TV advertisements and earns more money than all the others.[26]
  • Arry Awk, Daisy's imaginary friend and scapegoat. Known as the "most malignant and slippery member of the Unholy Alliance"[27] and a "hell-raising entity."[28] She buries him having forgotten he was merely meant to attend his own funeral during the Intimations of Mortality phase with the epitaph "Only me knows Arry Awk/Only me can here him tawk".[29]
  • Joseph O'Toole, a whiskey addicted tramp.
  • Max Fosdyke, Mrs Fosdyke's son, on the run for stealing a cashcard.
  • Billy Goat Gruff, Daisy's beloved, psychotic pet goat. Initially purchased by Mr Bagthorpe on the basis of mistaken gender.[30]
  • Little Tommy/Thomas II, Grandma's kitten whom she teaches the ways of ferocity.[31]
  • P.J, a director from Borderline Television whom Tess unwillingly invites into the Bagthorpe household after she wins a competition on The Happiest Family in England. He is thoroughly unpleasant and the Bagthorpes accordingly give him hell.
  • Atlanta, the Danish au pair. William and several of his friends develop crushes on her.
  • Mrs Pye, friend of Mrs Fosdyke.
  • Mrs Bates, friend of Mrs Fosdyke.

Television series

The Bagthorpe Saga
Created byHelen Cresswell
StarringEdward Hardwicke
Angela Thorne
Dandy Nichols
Tim Preece
Madeline Smith
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of episodes6
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release25 March –

29 April 1981

The Bagthorpe Saga, a six-part adaptation of the first two novels (Ordinary Jack and Absolute Zero) was broadcast by the BBC in 1981. The character of Rosie was eliminated and some of her dialogue and character attributes were given to Tess. The series was filmed in the summer of 1980 in Tetbury, Gloucestershire; Manor Farm on the Chavenage House estate was used as the Bagthorpes' home, Unicorn House. Each episode ran for 30 minutes.[32]

Cast

References

  1. ^ Helen Cresswell book list from Fantastic Fiction
  2. ^ Helen Cresswell's literary legacy, www.bbc.co.uk
  3. ^ Helen., Cresswell, (1984). Bagthorpes abroad : being the fifth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. London: Faber. p. 24. ISBN 0571133509. OCLC 11339067.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Helen., Cresswell, (1982, ©1979). Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. Harmondsworth: Puffin in association with Faber. p. 9. ISBN 0140313249. OCLC 16591424. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Helen., Cresswell, (1982, ©1979). Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. Harmondsworth: Puffin in association with Faber. p. 96. ISBN 0140313249. OCLC 16591424. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Helen., Cresswell, (1982, ©1979). Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. Harmondsworth: Puffin in association with Faber. p. 192. ISBN 0140313249. OCLC 16591424. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Helen., Cresswell, (1982, ©1979). Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. Harmondsworth: Puffin in association with Faber. p. 11. ISBN 0140313249. OCLC 16591424. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Helen., Cresswell, (1984). Bagthorpes abroad : being the fifth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. London: Faber. p. 10. ISBN 0571133509. OCLC 11339067.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Helen., Cresswell, (1984). Bagthorpes abroad : being the fifth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. London: Faber. p. 10. ISBN 0571133509. OCLC 11339067.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ Helen., Cresswell, (1984). Bagthorpes abroad : being the fifth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. London: Faber. p. 39. ISBN 0571133509. OCLC 11339067.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ Helen., Cresswell, (1982, ©1979). Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. Harmondsworth: Puffin in association with Faber. p. 13. ISBN 0140313249. OCLC 16591424. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Helen., Cresswell, (1984). Bagthorpes abroad : being the fifth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. London: Faber. p. 29. ISBN 0571133509. OCLC 11339067.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ Helen., Cresswell, (1982, ©1979). Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. Harmondsworth: Puffin in association with Faber. p. 150. ISBN 0140313249. OCLC 16591424. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ Helen., Cresswell, (1982) [1979]. Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. Harmondsworth: Puffin in association with Faber. ISBN 0140313249. OCLC 16591424.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ Helen., Cresswell, (1982, ©1979). Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. Harmondsworth: Puffin in association with Faber. p. 94. ISBN 0140313249. OCLC 16591424. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ Helen., Cresswell, (1982, ©1979). Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. Harmondsworth: Puffin in association with Faber. p. 71. ISBN 0140313249. OCLC 16591424. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ Helen., Cresswell, (1982, ©1979). of Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. Harmondsworth: Puffin in association with Faber. p. 72. ISBN 0140313249. OCLC 16591424. {{cite book}}: Check |url= value (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ Helen., Cresswell, (1982, ©1979). Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. Harmondsworth: Puffin in association with Faber. ISBN 0140313249. OCLC 16591424. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  19. ^ Helen., Cresswell, (1982, ©1979). Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. Harmondsworth: Puffin in association with Faber. p. 150. ISBN 0140313249. OCLC 16591424. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  20. ^ Helen., Cresswell, (1982, ©1979). Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. Harmondsworth: Puffin in association with Faber. p. 18. ISBN 0140313249. OCLC 16591424. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  21. ^ Helen., Cresswell, (1982, ©1979). Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. Harmondsworth: Puffin in association with Faber. p. 31. ISBN 0140313249. OCLC 16591424. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  22. ^ Helen., Cresswell, (1982, ©1979). Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. Harmondsworth: Puffin in association with Faber. p. 169. ISBN 0140313249. OCLC 16591424. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  23. ^ Helen., Cresswell, (1982, ©1979). Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. Harmondsworth: Puffin in association with Faber. p. 31. ISBN 0140313249. OCLC 16591424. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  24. ^ Helen., Cresswell, (1984). Bagthorpes abroad : being the fifth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. London: Faber. p. 19. ISBN 0571133509. OCLC 11339067.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  25. ^ Helen., Cresswell, (1984). Bagthorpes abroad : being the fifth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. London: Faber. p. 32. ISBN 0571133509. OCLC 11339067.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  26. ^ Helen., Cresswell, (1982, ©1979). Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. Harmondsworth: Puffin in association with Faber. p. 12. ISBN 0140313249. OCLC 16591424. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  27. ^ Helen., Cresswell, (1982, ©1979). Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. Harmondsworth: Puffin in association with Faber. p. 115. ISBN 0140313249. OCLC 16591424. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  28. ^ Helen., Cresswell, (1982, ©1979). Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. Harmondsworth: Puffin in association with Faber. p. 116. ISBN 0140313249. OCLC 16591424. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  29. ^ Helen., Cresswell, (1982, ©1979). Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. Harmondsworth: Puffin in association with Faber. p. 158. ISBN 0140313249. OCLC 16591424. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  30. ^ Helen., Cresswell, (1982, ©1979). Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. Harmondsworth: Puffin in association with Faber. p. 162. ISBN 0140313249. OCLC 16591424. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  31. ^ Helen., Cresswell, (1982, ©1979). Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. Harmondsworth: Puffin in association with Faber. p. 83. ISBN 0140313249. OCLC 16591424. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  32. ^ The Bagthorpe Saga on The BBC Guide to Comedy
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