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London Calling: 4: The Great Race

BBC Radio 2
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Concluding Jimmy Perry's four-part comedy about the early days of the BBC.
John Brown has decided that the BBC will broadcast the 1923 Boat Race. So the rest of the staff rally round to find a way to bring off the transmission.

Contributors

Writer:
Jimmy Perry
Music:
Ray Moore
Producer:
Jo Clegg
John Brown:
Graham Crowden
Colonel Beecham:
Jimmy Perry
Admiral Carpenter:
Peter Cellier
Roger Eccles:
Jeffrey Holland
Phyllis Godfrey:
Amanda Bellamy
Rex Murray:
Logan Murray
Jeffrey Stainton:
Chris Luscombe
Sgt Lucas:
Bill Pertwee
Miss Nightingale:
Joanna Monro
Isabel Blair:
Julie Gibbs
Arthur:
Toby Longworth
Bobby Bright:
Leonard Kirby
Source: Radio Times

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