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The Story of a Penny Suit

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Ken Whitmore
[Starring] Sheila Hancock and Graham Roberts
with Arthur Lowe

'I'll get a suit, I'll get a suit. As soon as we've stopped paying a mortgage, 29 quid a week: HP for furniture, eight quid; telephone bill, 25 smackers. Oh yes, I'll get a denim suit with silk veneers and bells on the bottom'

BBC Manchester
(First broadcast in 1978) 9.58 Weather

Contributors

Writer:
Ken Whitmore
Director:
Alfred Bradley
Muriel:
Sheila Hancock
Edward:
Graham Roberts
Boverley:
Carole Turner
Mr Massenbird:
Arthur Lowe
Pamela:
Heather Stoney
Source: Radio Times

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