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A Cuckoo in the Nest

on BBC Radio 4 FM

An adaptation for radio from the novel and the farce by Ben Travers.
[Starring] Joan Hickson as Mrs Bone, Freddie Jones as Major George Bone, Ian Lavender as Peter Wykeham, Phoebe Nicholls as Margaret Hickett and Margaret Tyzack as Mrs Spoker

In 1925 the divorce laws took it for granted that any unmarried couple who spent the night together must be guilty of adultery. Down Maiden Blotton in the Stag and Hunt, landlady Mrs Spoker, who doesn't allow hanky panky with unmarrieds, mistakenly forces an innocent couple into just such a bed of shameful sin.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Author:
Ben Travers
Adapted by/Director:
Peter King
Music composed and played by (piano):
Ed Welch
Musician:
Ron Aspery
Mrs Bone:
Joan Hickson
Major George Bone:
Freddie Jones
Peter Wykeham:
Ian Lavender
Margaret Hickett:
Phoebe Nicholls
Mrs Spoker:
Margaret Tyzack
Barbara:
Yvonne Antrobus
Hickett:
Brett Usher
The Rev Sloley Jones:
Ellis Dale
George:
James Kerry
Alfred:
Henry Stamper
Noony:
Timothy Bateson
Gladys:
Alex Marshall
The garage:
James Bryce
Newsagent:
Maggie McCarthy
Pansy the dog:
Percy Edwards

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