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Radio 4 orders an all-star litcom

Radio 4 has commissioned a sitcom spoofing the literary Bloomsbury Group.

Gloomsbury will star Alison Steadman, Miriam Margolyes, Nigel Planer, Morwenna Banks and John Sessions as member of an arty and adulterous set in the early 20th century.

The six-part series has been written by author and brodacaster Sue Limb and will be recorded next month for broadcast in early 2013…[read more]