BBC Sounds - The Penny Dreadfuls - Available Episodes

Horatius Faversham

The tale of Victorian Britain's most decorated soldier. Swashbuckling romp from Jan 2008.

• 30 mins
• 11 Jan 2008

Theseus Faversham

The story of Victorian Britain's most respected detective.

• 30 mins
• 18 Jan 2008

Leonidas Faversham

The story of Victorian Britain's most reckless living explorer.

• 25 mins
• 25 Jan 2008

Augustus Faversham

The story of Victorian Britain's most celebrated magician.

• 30 mins
• 01 Feb 2008

Titus Faversham

The comedy trio's swashbuckling tale of Victorian Britain's greatest sporting hero.

• 30 mins
• 05 Oct 2008

Maximillian Faversham

The story of Victorian Britain's greatest horror writer.

• 30 mins
• 12 Oct 2008

Marcus Faversham

The swashbuckling family romp reaches the story of Victorian Britain's greatest actor.

• 30 mins
• 19 Oct 2008

Perceus and Lucius Faversham

The comedy trio's swashbuckling tale of Victorian Britain's great twin industrialists.

• 30 mins
• 26 Oct 2008

The Penny Dreadfuls return to right some wrongs for the much-maligned Richard III.

• 44 mins
• 13 Apr 2020

A comedic exploration of a young Charles Darwin's adventures aboard the HMS Beagle.

• 60 mins
• 30 Jul 2016

Comedy trio Penny Dreadfuls transport us to ancient Greece. Robert Webb stars as Odysseus

• 60 mins
• 25 Oct 2015

An alternative spin on the tale of this noble king. Greg McHugh stars.

• 60 mins
• 13 Dec 2014

By David Reed and Humphrey Ker. The comic lifestory of one of England's forgotten heroes.

• 45 mins
• 26 Dec 2012

Comic play about the French Revolution starring Richard E Grant and The Penny Dreadfuls

• 55 mins
• 09 Jul 2011

Comedy trio The Penny Dreadfuls tell the story of the Gunpowder Plot.

• 45 mins
• 05 Nov 2009