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Afternoon Theatre: The Short-Sighted Optimist

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Hugh Steadman Williams
with Wilfred Pickles
George Morris has stayed teaching at a northern grammar school beyond retirement age. His class see him as something of a joke, his wife thinks he's a failure; but both judgments are superficial, for George is a remarkable man.

Contributors

Writer:
Hugh Steadman Williams
Producer:
Betty Davies
George Morris:
Wilfred Pickles
Maude, his wife:
Betty Baskcomb
Sir Stanley Picton:
Godfrey Kenton
Cliff, his son:
Peter Pacey
Bert:
David Sinclair
Madge, Sir Stanley's secretary:
Diana Bishop
Schoolboy - Martin Brooks:
Anthony Daniels
Schoolboy - Greg Holden:
Sion Probert
Schoolboy - Bickerstaff:
Sam Dastor
Source: Radio Times

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