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Afternoon Play: Odd

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Michael Harris feels he's been wasting his precious words writing commercials. Then, at breakfast, his wife asks him to pass "the spanner". Overnight every word in the English language seems to have changed its meaning and soon there's only one person left in the world who understands him: his secretary. A fable about words and the tricks they can play, by Robert Shearman.
Producer Martin Jarvis : Director Rosalind Ayres

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Harris
Play By:
Robert Shearman.
Producer:
Martin Jarvis
Director:
Rosalind Ayres
Michael:
Michael Simkins
Heather:
Finty Williams
Priscilla:
Serena Evans
Policeman:
Jon Glover
Source: Radio Times

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