Episode 176 - Burke and Hare
This week its week two of S*** Show month with the utterly guff Historic British Comedy Burke and Hare.
Join us as we talk ending John Landis' Career, one of the best British casts of any film, The true story behind the film and Edinburgh Castle's secrets!
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Burke & Hare is a 2010 British black comedy film, loosely based on the Burke and Hare murders of 1828. Directed by John Landis from an original screenplay by Nick Moorcroft and Piers Ashworth, the film stars Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis as William Burke and William Hare respectively. It was Landis's first feature film release in 12 years, the last being 1998's Susan's Plan. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 29 October 2010
Cast:
Simon Pegg as William Burke
Andy Serkis as William Hare
Isla Fisher as Ginny Hawkins
Tom Wilkinson as Dr Robert Knox
Tim Curry as Prof. Alexander Monro
Jessica Hynes as Lucky
Bill Bailey as Angus the Hangman
Hugh Bonneville as Lord Harrington
Allan Corduner as Joseph Nicephore Niepce
Simon Farnaby as William Wordsworth
David Hayman as Danny McTavish
David Schofield as Fergus
Ronnie Corbett as Capt. Tom McLintock
Reece Shearsmith as Sgt. McKenzie
Christian Brassington as Charles
Michael Smiley as Patterson
Christopher Lee as Old Joseph
Jenny Agutter as Lucy
Georgia King as Emma
John Woodvine as Lord Provost
Steven Spiers as McMartin's doorman
Stephen Merchant as Holyrood Footman
Paul Whitehouse as Gentleman drunk
Michael Winner as Gentleman passenger
Max Landis as Handsome coachman
