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Thirty-Minute Theatre

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Double Bill from the Cheltenham Festival of Literature
In September the Cheltenham Festival of Literature together with The Daily Telegraph Magazine sponsored a short story competition, which attracted 2,500 entries. The two winning stories have been adapted for radio. They are:
A Touch of Bird Lime by ARTHUR DERAMORE adapted by JOHN GRAHAM and A Mistake of Twenty-Hungry by ROSE UMELO adapted by PETER REDGROVE Producer
ROGER PINE (BBC Birmingham)
(Repeated: Wed 11.30 am)
(Gareth Armstrong is a member of the RSC)

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Deramore
Adapted By:
John Graham
Unknown:
Rose Umelo
Adapted By:
Peter Redgrove
Unknown:
Roger Pine
Unknown:
Gareth Armstrong
Sheila:
Ros Drinkwater
Charles:
Douglas Blackwell
Peter:
Gareth Armstrong
Geoffrey:
George Woolley
Sheila:
Christine Pollon
Geoffrey:
Lionel Ngakane
Charles:
Jack Holloway
Sergeant:
Douglas Blackwell
Source: Radio Times

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