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AFTERNOON THEATRE

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

The Disagreeable Man adapted by C. E. Webber from an episode in the book ' Ways and Means ' by HENRY CECIL
The two newcomers to the village are a most extraordinary pair. Basil Merridew is quite the most offensive man in the world, but his nephew Nicholas is really charming.
Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL
Recorded broadcast of Nov. 17. 1960

Contributors

Adapted By:
C. E. Webber
Unknown:
Henry Cecil
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Basil Merridew:
Valentine Dyall
Nicholas Drewe:
William Eedle
Mrs Temperley:
Eva Stuart
The Rev John Temperley:
James Thomason
Dr Sainsbury:
Douglas Storm
Major-General Sir Bragge Purbick:
Hugh Manning
A very old man:
Keith Williams
Isobel Stroud:
Mary Wimbush
Mrs Thwaites:
June Tobin
Mr Buckram ,:
Lee Fox
Judge Strachan:
George Hagan
Mary:
Rita Staines
Mrs Gaspard:
Beatrice Kane
The Colonel:
Haydn Jones
Adam Twigg:
Geoffrey Wincott
Source: Radio Times

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BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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