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The Monday Play: Close the Coalhouse Door

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Alan Plater based on stories by Sid Chaplin with songs by Alex Glasgow
[Starring] Colin Douglas and John Woodvine, Bryan Pringle

'The miner... he walks about like a god. If he feels like working, he works. Nobody can hold the big whip over him. It doesn't exist.'
This won the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for the best radio drama script, 1973.
Drummer Jerry Rochfort
Musical director Bill Southgate with members of the Grimethorpe Colliery Band
(Leeds)

(Rptd: next Sunday afternoon)

Contributors

Writer:
Alan Plater
Based on stories by:
Sid Chaplin
Songs:
Alex Glasgow
Drummer:
Jerry Rochfort
Musical Director:
Bill Southgate
Musicians:
Members of the Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Producer:
Tony Cliff
Will Jobling:
Alan Hockey
Thomas Milburn:
Colin Douglas
Expert:
John Franklyn Robbins
Vicar:
Alex Glasgow
Mary Ann Milburn:
Brenda Peters
Geordie:
Bryan Pringle
Jackie:
John Woodvine
John Milburn:
Malcolm Terris
Frank Milburn:
Ralph Watson
Ruth:
Valerie Georgeson
Pitwoman:
Jean Becke
Source: Radio Times

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