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Tales from the Backbench

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A four-part comedy series by Peter Tinniswood featuring Leslie Phillips as Sir Plympton Makepeace. 3: Dalliances. The useless and forgetful MP warms to the memory of his many happy carnal and amorous associations in Westminster, including
Dame Valerie Bispham , the love of his life, who threw him overfor George Formby. Director Enyd Williams

Contributors

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Peter Tinniswood
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Leslie Phillips
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Sir Plympton Makepeace.
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Dame Valerie Bispham
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George Formby.
Director:
Enyd Williams
Source: Radio Times

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