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The Afternoon Play: Better to Break Your Neck

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Colin Douglas
with Edith MacArthur as Agnes Macinnes and Bill Jack as the BBC Announcer
It's just a routine operation which thousands of old people have every year. But as Agnes waits for her neck of femur operation, the pain and distress, caused by a system that is simply overloaded, are revealed - pain and distress which finally overcome her.
BBC Scotland. Stereo (R)

Contributors

Writer:
Colin Douglas
Director:
Marilyn Imrie
Agnes Macinnes:
Edith MacArthur
the BBC Announcer:
Bill Jack
Willie:
John Shedden
Consultant:
Paul Young
Registrar:
Jimmy Chisholm
Dr Patel:
null Bhasker
Student nurse:
Sharon Maharaj
Gasman:
Iain Agnew
Ward sister/Nurse:
Juliet Cadzow
Ward sister:
Terry Cavers
Staff nurse/Young Agnes:
Eliza Langland
Social worker/Nurse:
Alison Peebles
Auxiliary/Patient:
Ann Scott Jones
Medical registrar:
Alexander Morton
Old Mrs Aithie:
Gwyneth Guthrie
Operating theatre nurse:
Grace Glover
Source: Radio Times

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