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Saturday Matinee presents Ronald Baddiley and Betty Linton in 'THE TIDE COMES IN'

on BBC Home Service Basic

by Gilbert Phelps
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by R. D. Smith
A boy is sitting for his n-plus, over-pushed by over-anxious parents. Mother has social ambitions for him, father lives in dreams of companionship from his time in Mesopotamia in the first World War. To celebrate the boy's success they go to the seaside and there mother and father face a disaster which leaves the family with an acute problem.

Contributors

Unknown:
Gilbert Phelps
Produced By:
R. D. Smith
Mary:
Betty Linton
Arthur:
Ronald Baddiley
Derek, their son:
Anthony Reese
Mr Tate:
Wilfred Babbage
Mrs Palmer:
Diana Lincoln
Mr Palmer:
Charles Simon
Dusty:
Malcolm Hayes
Alice:
Kathleen Helme
Irene:
Norma Griffin
Sergeant:
Jon Rollason

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