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Just Before Midnight: Getting Ahead

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Elizabeth Kay
with Hugh Dickson as the Critic, Thelma Whiteley as his wife and John Rye as the Hairdresser

An established theatre critic over-identifies with his job to the point of making his wife's life a misery - he criticises everything she does, her clothes, her appearance. Then a new hairdresser comes up with the perfect answer....

Contributors

Writer:
Elizabeth Kay
Director:
Cherry Cookson
the Critic:
Hugh Dickson
his wife:
Thelma Whiteley
the Hairdresser:
John Rye
Source: Radio Times

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