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The Monday Play: Famous Last Words

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Ken Blakeson

Frank Fenner, an unemployed fitter, married with two children, is taking part in a rather unusual TV programme. The location is a high moor in Yorkshire. The subject is Frank's suicide, which he's due to commit in a little over two hours' time.
BBC Manchester
(Christopher Ettridge is in "Trumpets and Raspberries" at the Phoenix Theatre, London)
(Stereo)

Contributors

Writer:
Ken Blakeson
Director:
Robert Cooper
Frank Fenner:
Paul Copley
Helen Robinson:
Maggie Shevlin
Harvey:
Brett Usher
PA:
Nicola Vickery
Fr O'Connor:
P.G. Stephens
Alison:
Maggie McCarthy
Clancy:
Norman Rodway
James:
Denys Hawthorne
Linda:
Narissa Knights
Doctor:
Arnold Diamond
Frank's GP:
David Garth
Dr Scheerer:
John Forbes-Robertson
Professor Jones:
Christopher Ettridge
Fr Dawes:
William Eedle
Child:
Daniel Thomason
Source: Radio Times

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