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Something to Shout About

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

A light-hearted took at the advertising world
Michael Medwin as Michael Lightfoot an account executive
Eleanor Summerfield as Maggie, a TV executive
Fenella Fielding as Janet, secretary to Michael Lightfoot
Joan Sims as Mavis, a shorthand typist
Nicholas Phipps as Adrian Beales, copywriter
Warren Mitchell as most other characters
Script by Myles Rudge and Ronnie Wolfe

(Recorded broadcast of April 17 in the Light Programme)

Contributors

Michael Lightfoot:
Michael Medwin
Maggie:
Eleanor Summerfield
Janet:
Fenella Fielding
Mavis:
Joan Sims
Adrian Beales:
Nicholas Phipps
Most other characters:
Warren Mitchell
Script:
Myles Rudge
Script:
Ronnie Wolfe
Producer:
Eric Miller
Source: Radio Times

BBC Home Service Basic

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BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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