Bagthorpe Saga
4 primary works • 11 total works
Book 3
Book 4
Book 8
Book 9
Only the Bagthorpes could turn the burglary of their home into a public humiliation! Grandma is so distraught that she demands a family reunion. The results, in true Bagthorpe tradition, are disastrous!
The ninth story featuring the eccentric Bagthorpe family, who were the subject of a television serialization in the 1980s. Mr Bagthorpe is suspected of being a terrorist - and of murdering his wife, who has disappeared. The police and the press descend en masse, and the family is under siege.
The members of the talented and eccentric Bagthorpe family channel their energy into slogan-writing contests.
The Bagthorpe family are pretty excited. Mr B has announced he's taking them all on holiday over the summer - abroad! His wife and kids are so delighted that no one stops to question this uncharacteristic gesture from the stingiest man in the world. But of course there is a catch...
Finally back from the worst holiday in the history of holidays, Mrs B finds a tramp has moved into her home. This is the last straw for Mrs who is sick and tired of all the men in her life taking things for granted and decides to take a feminist stand. But years of being a doormat to her eccentric husband and bossy offspring makes it quite hard for Mrs B to get taken seriously.
Still on holiday in Wales, the real reason for Mr B's spur of the moment trip has now been revealed: he is on a quest for ghosts - something to write about now that the TV work seems to be drying up. William. And Mr Bagthorpe is driven to desperate measures to find anything resembling a phantom spirit...
When Mr Bagthorpe gets his latest bank statement, all hell breaks loose! He thinks he's broke and nothing can persuade him that the bank has made a mistake. All he can think about is saving money - and that means that if the Bagthorpes don't raise it themselves, they're not eating it. No shops; no sweets; no arguments. But the Bagthorpes have never really been hunter-gatherers. So, while Granny Bagthorpe retires to her room to scoff a hamper from Harrods, the rest of the family find food - and how to stop it escaping - a whole new challenge!
Eleven-year-old Jack, the only "ordinary" member of the talented and eccentric Bagthorpe family, concocts a scheme to distinguish himself as a modern-day prophet.
In this brand new instalment, the Bagthorpes' housekeeper, Mrs Fosdyke - Fozzie - is living the high life in London. All because she found a terrorist bomber in her living room. Dragged up to the 'Smoke;' by sleazy tabloid, The Sludge, who plan to turn her into a National Hero and Celebrity, Fozzie' is getting a bit tired with cocktail parties and canapes - and the Bagthorpes are missing her cooking (if nothing else)! Will Fozzie ever return to save the Bagthorpes from their mum's horrendous cooking...?