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The Canterbury Tales: Part 3

on BBC Two England

by Geoffrey Chaucer
Adapted for television by Martin Starkie and Nevill Coghill

"The Pardoner's Tale... nobly spoken by Patrick Magee, this rose above the jolly level of the series and touched greatness" (Observer)
"...but by and large the result has brought a new appreciation to the illustrious works of Chaucer" (Yorkshire Post)

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Contributors

Author:
Geoffrey Chaucer
Adapted by:
Martin Starkie
Adapted by:
Nevill Coghill
Music composed and conducted by:
John Dankworth
Costumes:
Dorothea Wallace
Make-up:
Dawn Alcock
Producer:
Ronald Travers
Pilgrimage directed by:
Roderick Graham
Pilgrimage directed by [with]/Tales directed by):
Michael Bakewell
The Pilgrims - Chaucer:
William Squire
The Pilgrims - Wife of Bath:
Barbara Jefford
The Pilgrims - Prioress:
Marian Diamond
The Pilgrims - Franklin:
Clive Morton
The Pilgrims - Merchant:
Jeremy Young
The Pilgrims - Squire:
Stephen Sheppard
The Pilgrims - Parson:
Hugh Dickson
The Pilgrims - Haberdasher:
Bart Allison
The Pilgrims - Dyer:
Alan Lawrance
The Pilgrims - Weaver:
Aubrey Danvers-Walker
The Pilgrims - Knight:
Robert Harris
The Pilgrims - Host:
Joss Ackland
The Pilgrims - Nun:
Jeannie Fisher
The Pilgrims - Nun's Priest:
John Cater
The Pilgrims - Summoner:
Peter Woodthorpe
The Pilgrims - Friar:
Peter Stephens
The Pilgrims - Pardoner:
John Normington
The Pilgrims - Reeve:
Timothy Bateson
The Pilgrims - Miller:
Barry Linehan
The Pilgrims - Cook:
Kevin Flood
The Friar's Tale - Summoner:
Geoffrey Bayldon
The Friar's Tale - Yeoman:
Peter Jeffrey
The Friar's Tale - Widow:
Ella Milne
The Friar's Tale - Alderman:
Ambrose Coghill
The Friar's Tale - Madge:
Karen Young
The Friar's Tale - Bawd:
Mary McMillen
The Pardoner's Tale - Old man:
Patrick Magee
The Pardoner's Tale - First rioter:
Clive Swift
The Pardoner's Tale - Second rioter:
Wesley Murphy
The Pardoner's Tale - Third rioter:
Oscar Quitak
The Pardoner's Tale - Publican:
Gerald Campion
The Pardoner's Tale - Boy:
Ian Lavender
The Pardoner's Tale - Apothecary:
Christopher Denham

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