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Excess Baggage

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by KEN BLAKESON with CYN This is the army, you know! They expect you to do as you're told here!
Cyn, Dawn and Myra fight their own private battle against an institution which doesn't seem to care. They tolerate loneliness, boredom and poverty to help their husbands 'get on'. But when the men come home all macho and matey, who do they vent their frustrations on? Military adviser DAVID HOUNSLOW Directed by SUSAN HOGG BBC Manchester. Stereo
(Re-broadcast next Saturday)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ken Blakeson
Unknown:
David Hounslow
Directed By:
Susan Hogg
Cyn:
Samantha Bond
Myra:
Barbara Marten
Dawn:
And Sharon Muircroft
Corporal Whittaker:
Christopher Quinn
QM Sergeant:
Colin Meredith
Denny Dennison:
Stephen Tompkinson
Colonel Ellesworth:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Bill Burridge:
Christian Rodska
Marjorie Ellesworth:
Diana Olsson
Watson:
Kim Wall
Johnson:
Paul Codman
Captain Cranham:
Paul Sirr
Rebecca:
Victoria Carling
Colour Sergeant Brown:
Chris Larner
Eddie:
Richard Henders
Wendy:
Rachel Griffiths
Corporal:
Simon Morley

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