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The Stanley Baxter Playhouse

Series 8

The Boy Who Ran Away From The Circus

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

On a Glasgow rooftop, a former Circus trapeze artist and a sad and misunderstood young man become connected by circumstance and a shared experience of life, as each tells his story.

TV sitcom star Scott Hoatson joins Stanley Baxter in another story written especially for him by award winning TV writer Michael Chaplin.

Recorded on Stanley’s 90th birthday in 2016 marking 77 years of his work in broadcasting.

Tam ..... Stanley Baxter
Robbie ... Scott Hoatson

Director: Marilyn Imrie

A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2016. Show less

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