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Scoop: 1: The Stitch Service

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Evelyn Waugh's biting satire of class, prewar politics and the appalling nature of the newspaper industry is adapted in four parts by Giles Havergal.
"We at the Daily Beast think it a very promising little war," says Lord Copper. But who should cover it? Boot is the man, but which Boot?
Deja view with Mark Lewisohn: page 15

Contributors

Author:
Evelyn Waugh
Adapted by:
Giles Havergal
Director:
Dave Batchelor
Narrator:
Giles Havergal
John Boot/William Boot:
Matthew Whittle
Lord Copper:
Stephen MacDonald
Salter:
Crawford Logan
Mrs Stitch:
Gerda Stevenson
Theodore:
Derwent Watson
Bateson:
Finlay Welsh
Corker:
Mark McDonnell
Source: Radio Times

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