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Story Time: Tumbledown Dick: 3: Invitation to the Dance

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

The book by Howard Spring adapted for radio in four parts by J.R. Gregson
with Wilfred Pickles

Dick has made good friends in Smithfield Market with young Tom Figgis and Alf Eckersley. Tonight he is off with Uncle Oswald Tubbs to meet the strange characters who live with Alf's Guv'nor 'Old Last Chance.'

Produced by Herbert Smith in the North of England

Contributors

Author:
Howard Spring
Adapted by:
J.R. Gregson
Trombone[ist]:
Bram Fisher
Producer:
Herbert Smith
Dick, the man:
Brian Trueman
Dick the boy:
Peter Landon
Uncle Oswald Tubbs:
Wilfred Pickles
Lady Mayoress:
Norma Wilson
Uncle Henry:
Geoffrey Banks
Aunt Maria:
Ella Atkinson
Master Tom Figgis:
William Cosham
'Guv'nor Eckersley:
Robert Wallace
Alf Eckersley:
Frank Poynter
Harry:
Tom Harrison
Gentleman George:
John Daglish
Young Walsingham:
Peter Mellor
Source: Radio Times

BBC Home Service Basic

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