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Thirty-Minute Theatre: The Almighty Haddock

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Patrick Ryan
Dandy Nichols, Michael Robbins
with Laurence Hardiman and Ian Hoare

"Don't you call me a perishing barbarian... you... you... bleedin' barbarian."
Paddy's dad shouting at him over a sixpenny haddock. Paddy looks back at his vouth. To an incident that took place in the 30s when there were trams, half-crowns, the Home Service and sixpenny haddocks.
(long wave)

Contributors

Writer:
Patrick Ryan
Director:
Peter King
Paddy:
Laurence Hardiman
Paddy's father:
Michael Robbins
Clancy:
Ian Hoare
Miss Sarah Petticombe:
Dandy Nichols
Stallholder:
Leonard Fenton
Policeman:
Bill Monks
publican:
Peter Baldwin
Source: Radio Times

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