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Afternoon Play: Getting the Joke

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

For 60 years Donald McGill created some of the most popular seaside postcards in the land. In July 1954, shortly after his 80th birthday, he was arrested on obscene-publication charges. By Neil Brand.
Producer/Director David Hunter

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald McGill
Unknown:
Neil Brand.
Director:
David Hunter
Donald McGill:
John Wood
Molly:
Ann Beach
Durand:
Malcolm Sinclair
Wells:
Gerard McDermott
Mary:
Carolyn Pickles
Sgt Evison:
Wayne Foskett
Constable Hiley:
Nick Sayle
Counsel:
John Cummins
Judge:
Delroy Brown
Postcards:
Ella Smith
Postcards:
Roberts Roberts
Postcards:
Ayesha Antoine
Source: Radio Times

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