The Fancy

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Tom and Jerry visit a cockfight, try to buy a horse, meet a sporting legend and lay a wager on which is better, London or the West Country. Meanwhile, garrulous narrator Pierce Egan takes literary critic William Hazlitt to his first boxing match. Starring Greg Wise, Mark Gatiss and James Bachman. Pierce Egan’s 19th-century comic novel adapted by Dan Tetsell. Corinthian Tom .... Greg Wise Jerry Hawthorn .... Mark Gatiss Bob Logic .... James Bachman Plausible Jack .... Ben Graves William Hazlitt/Tom Cribb .... Alex Mcqueen Mrs Egan .... Alys Torrence Pierce Egan .... Geoffrey McGivern Music: Ben Walker Producer: Tilusha Ghelani First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2006.