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Afternoon Play: High Noon at the Sad Cafe

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

ByVal Syms Thelma Barlow plays retired dancer and magician's assistant Belle in a comedy of property and propertea. When John's new wife Marj runs off with all his money and Hughie from Condiments of Distinction, the HappyOasis cafe turns into the Slough of Despond, a transformation not even the arrival of his long-lost mother seems able to reverse.
Producer Chris Wallis

Contributors

Unknown:
Val Syms
Unknown:
Thelma Barlow
Producer:
Chris Wallis
Belle:
Thelma Barlow
John:
Phil Heame
Stan:
Paul Broughton
Damien:
Stephen Fletcher
MD:
Rod Arthur
Giles:
Phillip Cotterill
Rita:
Angela Walsh
Arthur:
Stephen Aintree
Maisie:
Genevieve Walsh
Dawn:
Lynda Thornhill
Source: Radio Times

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