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Afternoon Theatre: The Big Broadcast of 1922

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Keith Waterhouse

This dramatised account of how the mythical rival station, 3LO reached listeners might have come from the long defunct station's programme record library.

BBC Manchester

Contributors

Writer:
Keith Waterhouse
Director:
Tony Cliff
P.V. Plover:
Geoffrey Banks
Alister McAlister:
Russell Dixon
Charity Wemyss-Lightly:
Penelope Lee
Sir Mordecai Brass:
Ronald Baddiley
Julian Spooner:
Nigel Anthony
Albert Bateson:
Cliff Howells
Lady Brass:
Marlene Sidaway
Mr Pearson:
John Jardine
Mrs Pearson:
Sally Gibson
Source: Radio Times

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