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ScreenPlay: Paying Guests:1 : Early Skirmishes

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on BBC Two England

A two-part adaptation of the novel by E.F. Benson dramatised by Thomas Ellice.

Spend some time in the company of the guests at "Wentworth" - all taking the waters except for the Colonel and Miss Howard, who has some leisure for the beginnings of a late romance. Gossip, bicycle rides, rounds of golf, bridge in the evenings and preparations for the charity concert all make time pass most pleasantly - don't they?

(Part 2 tomorrow at 9.30 pm)

Contributors

Author:
E.F. Benson
Dramatist:
Thomas Ellice
Colonel Chase:
Robert Hardy
Miss Howard:
Angela Thorne
Mr Kemp:
Benjamin Whitrow
Mrs Bliss:
Judy Cornwell
Florence Kemp:
Joanna David
Mrs Holders:
Annette Crosbie
Mr Bullingdon:
Richard O'Callaghan
Mrs Bertram:
Avril Elgar
Mrs Oxney:
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Hilda:
Sylvia Barter
Mabel:
Maryann Turner
The Rev Banks:
David Quilter
Countess Appledore:
Margaretta Scott
Miss Jobson:
Barbara Hicks
Foreman:
Reginald Jessup
Source: Radio Times

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