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Saturday-Night Theatre The Bishop's Apron

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

The novel by W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM dramatised by DONALD TOSH with George Baker , Peter Pratt and Lydia Sherwood
A Trollopian comedy of manners set in Edwardian London in which Canon Spratte, son of the late Lord Chancellor and brother to Earl Spratte , is determined to obtain a Bishopric. The path to his promotion is far from smooth.
Produced by GRAHAM GAULD
(Repeated: Monday, 3.0 pm)

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Donald Tosh
Unknown:
George Baker
Unknown:
Peter Pratt
Unknown:
Lydia Sherwood
Unknown:
Earl Spratte
Produced By:
Graham Gauld
Canon Theodore Spratte:
George Baker
Lord Spratte:
Peter Pratt
Lady Sophia Spratte:
Lydia Sherwood
Winifred Spratte:
Pat Pleasance
Lionel Spratte:
John Rye
Lord Wroxham:
Geoffrey Beevers
Mrs Railting:
Norah Blaney
Louise Railing:
Jo Manning Wilson
Bertram Railing:
Michael Spice
Lord Stonehenge:
Noel Iliff
Lady Patricia:
Ursula Hirst
Sir John Durant:
Martin Friend
Gwendolyn Durant:
Sheila Grant
Ponsonby:
Denis McCarthy
Mrs Fitzherbert:
Betty Baskcomb
Mrs Caudle:
Marjorie Forsyth
BiShOp POOle:
Leslie Heritage
Source: Radio Times

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