Tales of Uplift and Moral Improvement

A gleefully nasty storyteller leads you through cruel, absurd cautionary fables that feel like twisted bedtime stories for grown-ups.

Starring

Rik Mayall, Billy Hicks

Overview

Rik Mayall starred as the narrator, Ffine Carmody, in this series of dark, twisted stories from the heart of Edwardian England. Driven by Ffine Carmody’s barely suppressed fascism, each story explores a particular moral dilemma faced by a child. Ffine Carmody’s sick take on life leads a fat girl to be drowned in sweets, a liar to starve to death and a bully to find himself chained up in an Afghan Jail.

How it feels

Dark, absurd, satirical and eerie. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Morality, guilt, death, power

Content

Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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