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Afternoon Play:Henry's Leg

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

The first in a two-part dramatisation of Ann Pilling 's award-winning children's novel. Dramatised by Eric Pilling.
Eleven-year-old Henry Hooper lives alone with his mother in Lancashire. A solitary figure, he converses with the voice of his imagination, "H". Henry's real love in life is junk. When he brings home an innocent-looking fashion dummy's leg, he quickly finds himself in the middle of a real-life thriller. The story concludes tomorrow at 2.15pm. See tomorrow for cast details

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Unknown:
Ann Pilling
Dramatised By:
Eric Pilling.
Unknown:
Henry Hooper
Source: Radio Times

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