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A comedy by Robin Maugham.
Henry Sherek presents Jon Pertwee, Brian Oulton, William Mervyn in "Rise Above It"

To mild-mannered bank manager Arthur Fowler comes the strange discovery that he is able to float into the air whenever he chooses to do so; but the discovery is not without its anxieties, as he finds out when his unusual gift comes under the scrutiny of the Director of National Service, and a number of strangers.

Contributors

Author:
Robin Maugham
Designer:
Fanny Taylor
Producer:
John Jacobs
Arthur Fowler:
Brian Oulton
Rosamund Fowler, his wife:
Joan Haythorne
Judy Fowler, their daughter:
Maureen Davis
Peter Fowler, their schoolboy son:
Clive Parritt
Sylvia Baldock their married daughter:
Pat Sandys
Malcolm Baldock, Sylvia's husband:
Philip Newman
Miss Hartley, the cook:
Betty Romaine
Bill Groves, Judy's boy friend:
David Evans
Sir Thomas Ferguson, Director of National Service:
William Mervyn
Mr. Ramsay, the headmaster:
Gerald Cross
Hilary Marsden, a journalist:
Rona Anderson
Everyone else played by:
Jon Pertwee

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