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The Great Steeplechase Race

on BBC Radio 4 FM

A comedy by MATTHEW WALTERS with Peter Baldwin Rosemary Martin and John Westbrook
Applethwaite was a fly in the ointment - always had been. Champion of this, prizes for that. This time, though, Applethwaite was in for a pretty nasty shock.
Directed bv DAVID GEARY (First broadcast in 1971)

Contributors

Comedy By:
Matthew Walters
Unknown:
Peter Baldwin
Unknown:
Rosemary Martin
Unknown:
John Westbrook
Unknown:
David Geary
Julian:
Peter Baldwin
Ludmilla:
Diana Payan
Julian's wife:
Rosemary Martin
Jenny:
Sian Davies
Football commentator:
Leslie Heritage
Athletics commentator:
Clifford Norgate
Motorist:
Antony Higginson
Bill:
Charles Hodgson
First headmaster:
Ronald Forfar
applethwaite:
John Westbrook
Second headmaster:
Noel Iliff
Miss Smithers:
Margot Boyd

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