1/2. Stuck in a backwater department of a national daily newspaper, John Dyson dreams of liberation and recognition. When a chance occurs to appear on TV, Dyson prepares to greet the celebrity life. Michael Frayn 's comic 1967 Fleet Street novel, dramatised by Robert Shearman.
Other parts played by Nigel Anthony , Sophie Langham , Kenneth Danziger and John Hudson
Director Martin Jarvis Repeated from Sunday