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Butterfingers by David Pownall.
Government cuts in the Health Service are taking place. How are they to be brought about? A certain large mental hospital decides on a wonderfully novel way of achieving these cuts.
BBC Manchester

Contributors

Writer:
David Pownall
Director:
Caroline Smith
Jerry:
Roy Barraclough
Henry/First Member/ Nurse Robinson:
Robert Keegan
Tosher/Flixton:
Christopher Good
Ceorge/Al Geary/Second Member:
James Tomlinson
Dermot/The Thomas/Pedro:
Ronald Herdman
Dr Walton:
Henry Moxon
Dr Phillimore:
Geoffrey Beevers
William/Major:
John Branwell
Chaiman/Merrivaie:
Stanley Page
Third Member/Nurse:
Kathleen Helme
Delilah:
Valerie Murray
Lidell/Corporal:
Stephen Hancock
Ross:
Roger Phillips
Johnstone:
Michael Carter
Nurse Braces:
David Mallinson
Source: Radio Times

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