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Saturday-Night Theatre: The Town that Helped Itself

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Ken Whitmore

'Where's the spirit of our piratical ancestors? A town council has the same potential as the Mafia. We could pull off huge financial swindles and plough back the profits into hospitals and housing and education.'
BBC Manchester
(Stereo)

Contributors

Writer:
Ken Whitmore
Director:
Alfred Bradley
Nigel:
Finetime Fontayne
Angela:
Sally Edwards
Grimwood:
Freddie Jones
Oldfield:
Graham Roberts
Miss Chimneys:
Rosalind Knight
Foxfield/Harker/Pomegrano:
David Fleeshman
Botcher/Grommel/Worplestone:
Russell Dixon
Van Der Merwee/Figgis/Commentator:
Peter Wheeler
Queen/Prime Minister/Winifred:
Alison Steadman
Source: Radio Times

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