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..and yet Another Partridge in a Pear Tree

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A Cautionary Tale for Christmas by BRIAN SIBLEY with Penelope Keith as the recipient of a series of gifts from an extravagant admirer who interprets the carol Twelve Days of Christmas too literally for comfort.
' I have just succeeded in accommodating your seven swans a-swimming in my bath, which was no mean achievement when one considers the number of pear trees on the landing.' with TIMOTHY BATESON
My particular Christmas favourite.
(VAL ARNOLD-FORSTER,
THE GUARDIAN)
Directed by JOHN THEOCHARIS
(First broadcast Christmas Day 1977)
(Repeated: next Sat 5.251
7.55 Weather; programme news
0 come, all ye faithful

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Sibley
Unknown:
Penelope Keith
Unknown:
Timothy Bateson
Directed By:
John Theocharis
Source: Radio Times

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