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Afternoon Theatre: Damn Nearly One of the Greatest Stories Ever Told

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

A comedy farce by Michael Buckland
With Peter Woodthorpe as Mendecot

This is the tale of Jack Mendecot, million-dollar plutocrat and captain of industry, who has a strange visitation from God which sets him off on the wildest chase after six new holy tablets.

Contributors

Writer:
Michael Buckland
Director:
Richard Wortley
Mendecot:
Peter Woodthorpe
God/Tramp/Devil:
Stephen Thorne
Chief:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Rawlings:
Pauline Letts
Dimsavitch:
Crawford Logan
Ballcock:
David Gooderson
George/Dr Livingstone:
Garard Green
Chancellor:
John Livesey
Father/Security man:
Danny Schiller
Haridas/Security man:
Spencer Banks
Security man:
George Parsons
Black student/Tow man/Security man:
Stephen Garlick
Secretary:
Stella Forge
Babu:
Gary Cady
Source: Radio Times

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