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Thirty Minute Theatre: Laura-Mae and the Olivardies

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Laura-Mae, an internationally acclaimed young cookery writer, would like to forget her humble origins in Wolverhampton. In this comedy, Nick Weldon 's first radio play, the spirit of Mrs Beeton intervenes to protect solid English cooking from fancy foreign cuisine.
Director Shaun MacLaughlin
Jenny Funnell is this week's
FACE BEHIND THE VOICE page 6

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Weldon
Unknown:
Mrs Beeton
Director:
Shaun MacLaughlin
Director:
Jenny Funnell
iMum-Mae:
Jenny Funnell
Her dad:
Anthony Jackson
Her mum:
Gillian Goodman
Her brothers:
David Holt,
Her brothers:
Gianpiero Porcaro
Michael:
Richard Pearce
Mrs Beeton:
Patricia Gallimore
Source: Radio Times

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