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Saturday-Night Theatre

BBC Radio 4
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Scoop by EVELYN WAUGH dramatised for radio by LANCE SIEVEKING with John Rowe as William Boot
OPPOSITION SPLASHING FRONTWARD
SPEEDLIEST STOP ADEN REPORTED
PREPARED WARWISE STOP FLASH
FACTS BEAST
ALL ROT ABOUT BOLSHEVIK HE IS ONLY TICKET COLLECTOR STOP ASS
CALLED HITCHCOCK THOUGHT HIS
BEARD FALSE BUT ITS PERFECTLY
ALRIGHT REALLY STOP WILL CABLE
AGAIN IF THERE IS ANY NEWS STOP
VERY WET HERE YOURS WILLIAM
BOOT
Produced and directed by TONY CLIFF
BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Monday 3.5 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Evelyn Waugh
Unknown:
Lance Sieveking
Unknown:
John Rowe
Unknown:
William Boot
Directed By:
Tony Cliff
Julia Stitch:
Rosalind Knight
Lord Copper:
Ronald Herdman
Salter:
Geoffrey Banks
Managing Editor:
David Marlowe
Theodore Boot:
James Tomlinson
Priscilla Boot:
Sally Gibson
The Millionaire:
Peter John
Corker:
Nigel Anthony
Schumble:
Paul Webster
Whelper:
Russell Dixon
Otafsen:
Peter Wheeler
Bannister:
Christopher Godwin
Katchen:
Katharine Barker
Source: Radio Times

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