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Saturday-Night Theatre: Balance of Power

on BBC Radio 4 FM

A disrespectful comedy for radio by Alan Melville
Starring Jean Anderson
with Robert Lang, Edward Hardwicke and Sandra Clark

The play is set on the Scottish Island of Benmahulish and in and around the Palace of Westminster. The action, such as there is, takes place during and immediately after a General Election in this country a few years from now. But, of course, it could never happen.
(Repeated: Monday 3.5 pm)
(Robert Lang broadcasts by arrangement with the Cambridge Theatre Company)

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Contributors

Writer:
Alan Melville
Producer:
John Tydeman
Morag McGregor:
Jean Anderson
Duncan:
Simon Lack
Vincent Mellors:
Edward Hardwicke
Arnold Sellers:
Robert Lang
Jessie:
Sandra Clark
Andrew Lumley:
Hector Ross
Miss F:
Kate Coleridge
Playing Members of Parliament, Journalists and others:
Nigel Anthony
Playing Members of Parliament, Journalists and others:
Christopher Bidmead
Playing Members of Parliament, Journalists and others:
Michael Cochrane
Playing Members of Parliament, Journalists and others:
Anthony Daniels
Playing Members of Parliament, Journalists and others:
Madi Hedd
Playing Members of Parliament, Journalists and others:
Gudrun Ure
Playing Members of Parliament, Journalists and others:
Anne Jameson
Playing Members of Parliament, Journalists and others:
Fraser Kerr
Playing Members of Parliament, Journalists and others:
Clifford Norgate
Playing Members of Parliament, Journalists and others:
Deborah Paige
Playing Members of Parliament, Journalists and others:
Roger Snowdon
Playing Members of Parliament, Journalists and others:
Peter Whitman
Playing Members of Parliament, Journalists and others:
Peter Williams
Newsreader:
Peter Jefferson

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