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The Best of Times

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

-the Worst of Times
The life of Charles Dickens compiled in seven parts by MICHAEL BAKEWELL with 4: No Time to Breathe
Other parts played by GWEN CHERRELL.
ZELAH CLARKE SIMON CUFF . ALAN DUDLEY
POLLY JAMES , JOAN MATHESON
EMILY RICHARD and EVA STUART Researcher MELISSA BAKEWELL Directed by ROSEMARY HART Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Dickens
Unknown:
Michael Bakewell
Played By:
Gwen Cherrell.
Played By:
Zelah Clarke
Played By:
Simon Cuff
Unknown:
Alan Dudley
Unknown:
Polly James
Unknown:
Joan Matheson
Unknown:
Emily Richard
Unknown:
Eva Stuart
Unknown:
Researcher Melissa Bakewell
Directed By:
Rosemary Hart
Charles Dickens:
Martin Jarvis
John Forster:
Paul Daneman
Narrator:
Paul Daneman
Macready:
Harold Innocent
Squeers:
Anthony Jackson
Fagin:
Garard Green
Oliver:
Elizabeth Lindsay
Quilp:
John Baddeley
Little Nell:
Victoria Carling
Eleanor:
Caroline Gruber
Martin:
Valentine Pelka
Mark Tapley:
Stephen Rashbrook
General Choke:
Peter Marinker
Source: Radio Times

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