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Saturday Playhouse: The Ghost Runner

on BBC Radio 4 FM

David Hopkins 's play is based on the true story of John Tarrant , one of the great distance runners of the 1950s and 60s. Few people have heard of him because for years Tarrant had to battle against the absurd regulations of the Amateur Athletics Association.
With John Baddeley , Elaine Claxton ,
Pat Connell , Lyndam Gregory , Neville Jason , David Jarvis , Frances Jeater , Peter Kenny , Ian Masters. Don McCorkindale , Gavin Muir ,
George Parsons. Nina Wadia , Malcolm Ward , Derek Waring , Peter Whitman. William Wortley and Peter Yapp. Director Matthew Walters Rpt

Contributors

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David Hopkins
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John Tarrant
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John Baddeley
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Elaine Claxton
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Pat Connell
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Lyndam Gregory
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Neville Jason
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David Jarvis
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Frances Jeater
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Peter Kenny
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Ian Masters.
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Don McCorkindale
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Gavin Muir
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George Parsons.
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Nina Wadia
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Malcolm Ward
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Derek Waring
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Peter Whitman.
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William Wortley
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Peter Yapp.
Director:
Matthew Walters
John:
Paul Panting
Edie:
Janes Lavin
Vic:
Tom Bevan

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