Episode 2

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Pompous Pooter must deal with the consequences of his night of excess at the Lord Mayor's Ball. The imaginary journal of a middle-class suburban 'hero' with an over-developed sense of dignity - Charles Pooter. Arthur Lowe continues George and Weedon Grossmith's comic masterpiece of middle-class self-importance in Victorian Britain. One of the classic humorous books of English literature, first published in 1894. Abridged in five parts by Donald Bancroft. Producer: Richard Wortley First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1977.