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Afternoon Play: Five Children and It

on BBC Radio 4 FM

By E. Nesbit, dramatised by Malcolm McKee.
On a hot, Edwardian summer's day, five children are granted a series of wishes by a strange creature they find in a gravel pit. But, inevitably, things do not go to plan in their enchanted world.
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Contributors

Dramatised By:
Malcolm McKee
Producer:
Sue Wilson
Director:
Rosemary Watts
Music Composed By:
Malcolm McKee
Older Jane/Mother:
Julia McKenzie
Psammead:
Simon Carter
Anthea:
Fiona Christie
Robert:
James Richard
Cyril:
Justyn Towler
Jane:
Lexie Rose
The Lamb:
Jake Wilson-Wainwright
Peter:
Jack Halsey
Martha/Manageress:
Sunny Ormonde
Willum/Draper/Grown-up Lamb:
Malcolm McKee
Crispin/Beale/Jakin/Golden Eagle:
Richard Derrington
Peasemarsh/Sir Wulfric:
Terry Molloy
Policeman/Vicar/Perkin:
Ian Brooker
Vicar's Wife/Lady/Eliza:
Sue Jeffrey
Pastry Cook:
Sue Wilson
Piano/Musical Director:
Malcolm McKee
Percussion:
Helen Bool
Trumpet:
Richard Adams
Harmonica:
Jim Hughes

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