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It Sticks Out Half a Mile

on BBC Radio 2

A seaside saga of pier perpetuation starring John Le Mesurier as Arthur Wilson, Ian Lavender as Frank Pike, Bill Pertwee as Bert Hodges
with Vivienne Martin as Miss Perkins
ROBIN PARKINSON , EDWARD BURNHAM , GORDON PETERS and SPENCER BANKS
The war has been over three years. Arthur Wilson is now manager of Swallow's Bank in Frambourne-on-Sea.
Frank Pike has moved there too, but their peacetime lives are shattered when
Bert Hodges suddenly appears with a business proposition for Frank.
Written by HAROLD SNOAD and MICHAEL KNOWLES
Producer MARTIN FISHER
(Characters of Wilson, Pike, Hodges originally created by Jimmy Perry and David Croft )
(Repeated: Fri 10.0 pm)

Contributors

Arthur Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Frank Pike:
Ian Lavender
Bert Hodges:
Bill Pertwee
Miss Perkins :
Vivienne Martin
[Actor]:
Robin Parkinson
[Actor]:
Edward Burnham
[Actor]:
Gordon Peters
[Actor]:
Spencer Banks
Writer:
Harold Snoad
Writer:
Michael Knowles
Producer:
Martin Fisher
Characters of Wilson, Pike, Hodges originally created by:
Jimmy Perry
Characters of Wilson, Pike, Hodges originally created by:
David Croft

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