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Saturday-Night Theatre: The 40 Shilling Trick

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

by David Parker
Jamie Flyn is a shop steward struggling to operate a bad working agreement against a foreman who is an ex-union man, and who helped draw it up. One man becomes the centre of a dispute in which Flyn is pressured from all sides - by his workmates, his union, his management and the wife.
BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Mon 3.15 pm)

Contributors

Writer:
David Parker
Director:
Tony Cliff
Anne Flyn:
Carole Hayman
Jamie Flyn:
Russell Dixon
Sandra:
Reggae Ranjha
Maren:
Geoffrey Hinsliff
McGregor:
Robert McIntosh
Sanderson:
Malcolm Hebden
Mrs McGregor:
Margo Gunn
Jones:
Alan Rothwell
Automatic:
John Jardine
First striker:
Martin Oldfield
Second striker:
Colin Meredith
Mrs Atkinson:
Anne Reid
Atkinson:
Peter Wheeler
Jacobson:
Geoffrey Banks
Source: Radio Times

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