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A Beast with Two Backs

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When a girl is killed in a 19th-century New Forest village, the villagers turn on a travelling showman and his bear. Patrick Barr stars in Dennis Potter 's drama, first shown in 1968. First shown on BBC1 RT DIRECT: DVD boxed set, The Dennis Potter Collection - Pennies from Heaven, Brimstone and Treacle, The Singing Detective and Casanova - is £69.99 (RRP E85.99). To order call [number removed] (national rate), quoting reference [number removed]

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Dennis Potter
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Dennis Potter
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