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On a Day in Summer in a Garden

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

The prizewinning play by Don Haworth
[Starring] Colin Blakely as Dick Dock, Geoffrey Banks as Jim Dock, Julie Hallam as Jack Dock

JACK: What's encroachment, Uncle Jim?
JIM: The other plants encroaching.
DICK: But we don't fear it.
JIM: Attempting to choke us.
DICK: Because we're more than equal.
JIM: Sometimes.
DICK: Always, Jim.
JIM: Not always, Dick. A large number of dock plants have been lost through the years.
DICK: You're here. I'm here, young Jack's here. This is our patch of the garden. As for a threat from 'the persons'...
(Stereo) (Repeat)

(This programme won the 1976 Imperial Tobacco Award for the best play. The producer, Richard Wortley, was given the award for outstanding radio direction for this programme and The Cookham Resurrection: tomorrow at 8.0 pm)

Contributors

Writer:
Don Haworth
Producer/Director:
Richard Wortley
Dick Dock:
Colin Blakely
Jim Dock:
Geoffrey Banks
Jack Dock:
Julie Hallam
The Man:
Malcolm Hayes
The Woman:
Carole Boyd
Source: Radio Times

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