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The First Lady: And They Call That Progress

on BBC One London

by Cyril Abraham
Starring Thora Hird, Robert Keegan, James Grout, Henry Knowles and Wilfred Pickles

Sarah gets involved in a fierce battle and nearly ends up at the bottom of a canal when a dispute between bargees and lorry-drivers breaks out into open war. She takes the side of the bargees; but the lorry-owner, Sam Bradshaw, is a tough opponent, ready to employ any methods short of murder in order to close the canal and wrest the vital contract away from the bargemen.

Contributors

Writer:
Cyril Abraham
Series devised by/From an initial idea by:
Alan Plater
From an initial idea by:
Philip Levene
Script Editor:
Gerry Davis
Designer:
Moira Tait
Producer:
Terence Dudley
Director:
Ronald Wilson
Tom Danby:
Henry Knowles
Jill Ireton:
Joanna Wake
Brian Crawley:
David Hargreaves
Billy Crawley:
Seymour Matthews
Archie:
Brian Grellis
Jenson:
Del Henney
Mat Crawley:
Wilfred Pickles
Sarah Danby:
Thora Hird
Bradshaw:
John Bryans
George Kingston:
James Grout
Vi:
Joan Ogden
Will Tarrant:
Robert Keegan
Thorne:
Christopher Hancock

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