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Six Wednesday Plays 3: The Last Train Through the Harecastle Tunnel

on BBC One London

by Peter Terson
with Richard O'Callaghan as Fowler, John Le Mesurier as Judge Grayson

The 'Pilgrim's Progress' of a young, rather naive, train-spotter on a weekend excursion on a vintage train.
"An unusual fable of growing up, told in a series of haunting episodes and related with tenderness and care." (Stanley Reynolds, The Guardian)

Contributors

Writer:
Peter Terson
Designer:
Derek Dodd
Producer:
Irene Shubik
Director:
Alan Clarke
Fowler:
Richard O'Callaghan
Judge Grayson:
John Le Mesurier
Farquhar:
Paul Brooke
Smith:
Iain Reid
McCullow:
Robert Hartley
Corporal:
John Owens
Truculent:
Bill Lyons
Brian:
Laurie Asprey
Blondie:
John Gray
2nd Lt Florence:
Jonathan Burn
Mrs Dyson:
Noel Dyson
Megs:
Claire Davenport
Mr Dyson:
Victor Platt
Adam Coulson:
Joe Gladwin
Jackie Coulson:
Griffith Davis
Ticket man:
John Scott Martin
Beatrice Grayson:
Angela Pleasence
Mrs Grayson:
Shelagh Fraser
The gardener:
Anthony Kelly
Mrs Phillips:
Eileen Way
Mr Phillips:
Toke Townley

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