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The Old Men at the Zoo: The Year of the Yeti

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

by Angus Wilson
The last episode of a version for television in five parts by Troy Kennedy Martin

Simon Carter was badly injured in the nuclear attack, and two years passed before he recovered to learn that England had become a totalitarian state and Dr Englander was now director of the zoo.

(Repeated next Sunday)
(Subtitles on Ceefax page 270)

Contributors

Author:
Angus Wilson
Adapted by:
Troy Kennedy Martin
Music composed and conducted by:
Simon Roger
Lighting:
John King
Script Editor:
Betty Willingale
Designer:
Christopher Robilliard
Producer:
Jonathan Powell
Director:
Stuart Burge
Simon Carter:
Stuart Wilson
Emile Englander:
Marius Goring
Mr Sanderson:
Andrew Cruickshank
Lord Oresby:
Roland Culver
Strawson:
Barry Stanton
Martha Carter:
Toria Fuller
Diana Price:
Shelagh Fraser
Blanchard-Whyte:
David William
Sophie Englander:
Ellen Pollock
Captain at factory:
Tim Meats
Steve Kyte:
Michael Siberry
Insp Martin:
Stephen Churchett
Hales:
Julian Fellowes
Police sergeant:
Tony Rohr
Prentice:
Bill McGuirk
General:
Ralph Nossek
Army captain:
John Oxley
Nurse:
Eileen Helsby
Announcer:
Gail MacFarlane
Woman in nightie:
Sheila Vivian
SPG man:
Timothy Condren
Source: Radio Times

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