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Arena: Getting Away from Sidney

on BBC Two England

' Uncle Sidney' is the kindly old soul in charge of an institute for the disabled: he tucks them up at night and keeps them supplied with back numbers of the Reader's Digest. But, his crippled charges have had enough of him, and Side-show, the Graeae Theatre Company's highly successful play, tells the story of their escape.
Arena marks the International Year of the Disabled with a profile of this extraordinary company of disabled actors. with Will Kennen , Alex Low Jag Plah , Elaine Roberts
Marion Saunders , Nabil Shahan and Richard Tomlinson
Film cameraman IAN PUNTER Film editor DAVID MARTIN Producer ALAN YENTOB
Director NIGEL WILLIAMS

Contributors

Unknown:
Will Kennen
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Alex Low
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Jag Plah
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Elaine Roberts
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Marion Saunders
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Nabil Shahan
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Richard Tomlinson
Editor:
David Martin
Producer:
Alan Yentob
Director:
Nigel Williams

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