The Masterson Inheritance

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The Masterson Inheritance

The Masterson Inheritance was an improvised

Improvisation

Improvisation is the practice of acting, singing, talking and reacting, of making and creating, in the moment and in response to the stimulus of one's immediate environment and inner feelings....
comedy series broadcast on BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4

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from 1993 to 1995 billed as "an improvised historical saga of a family at war with itself." There were three series and two Christmas specials. From time to time, repeats of the show are broadcast on BBC 7

BBC 7

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In each programme, the cast members, Josie Lawrence

Josie Lawrence

Josie Lawrence is a United Kingdom comedienne and Actor best known for her work with The Comedy Store Players improvisational troupe and the television series Whose Line Is It Anyway?....
, Paul Merton

Paul Merton

Paul Merton is an England comedian, writer and actor. He is well known for his regular appearances as a team captain on the popular BBC panel game Have I Got News for You, and as a regular panellist on BBC Radio 4's Just a Minute....
, Phelim McDermott, Caroline Quentin

Caroline Quentin

Caroline Jones , known by her stage name Caroline Quentin, is an England actress, most frequently associated with broadly comic roles....
, Lee Simpson and Jim Sweeney would be given a particular historical setting, and, incorporating suggestions from the audience, would improvise that episode in the saga of the Masterson family.

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The Masterson Inheritance was an improvised

Improvisation

BBC Radio 4

BBC 7

Josie Lawrence

Paul Merton

Caroline Quentin

Episode List

Series	Episode	Title	Historical Setting	First broadcast
1	1	The Curse of the Mastersons	The 1760s and the slave trade	22 April 1993
	2	The Mastersons and Johnson	The 1790s	29 April 1993
	3	Scurvy	The 1800s at sea	6 May 1993
	4	The Sweat of the Mastersons	Victorian Victorian era The Victorian Era of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the period of Victoria of the United Kingdom reign from June 1837 to January 1901.... London London London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....	13 May 1993
	5	The Tatting of the Mastersons	19th century America	20 May 1993
	6	The Mastersons Lose Everything	The 1890s	27 May 1993
Special	1	The Stuffing of the Mastersons	Victorian Victorian era The Victorian Era of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the period of Victoria of the United Kingdom reign from June 1837 to January 1901.... Christmas	25 December 1993
2	1	Beware the Ides of Masterson	Imperial Rome	11 June 1994
	2	The Quest for the Other Rabbit's Foot	The court of King Arthur King Arthur King Arthur is a legendary Britons leader who, according to medieval histories and Romance , led the defence of Britain against the Saxon invaders in the early 6th century....	18 June 1994
	3	Last Word to the Mastersons	The industrial revolution Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was a period in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, production, and transportation had a profound effect on the socioeconomics and cultural conditions in United Kingdom....	25 June 1994
	4	The Jousting Mastersons	Late 15th century	2 July 1994
	5	The Gangrene of the Mastersons	The Crimean War Crimean War The Crimean War, also known in Russia as the Oriental War was fought between the Russian Empire on one side and an alliance of France, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the Ottoman Empire on the other....	9 July 1994
	6	The Mastersons Go Down	The Titanic	16 July 1994
3	1	The Mastersons Magical Marquee (1)	Travelling Victorian Victorian era The Victorian Era of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the period of Victoria of the United Kingdom reign from June 1837 to January 1901.... circus Circus File:Faroe stamp 416 circus.jpgA circus is commonly a traveling company of performers that may include acrobatics, clowns, trained animals, trapeze acts, hoopers, tightrope walkers, juggling, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented artists....	24 June 1995
	2	The Mastersons Magical Marquee (2)		1 July 1995
	3	Masterson Rides Again	19th century public school Public school The term public school has two distinct meanings depending on the location of usage:* in the United States, Australia and Canada: A school funded from tax revenue and most commonly administered to some degree by government or local government agencies....	8 July 1995
	4	The Masterson Bunch	Early 20th century	15 July 1995
	5	The Pain of the Mastersons	The romantic poets	22 July 1995
	6	The St Valentine's Day Masterson	1920s Hollywood	29 July 1995
Special	2	The Mastersons' Christmas Cracker		25 December 1995

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