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Saturday Matinee: Do They Know What They're Doing?

on BBC Home Service Basic

A play for radio by Roger Leigh
A poet becomes involved with a film company, in a hotel with a martinet head porter, and finds there is more to film-making than writing a script.

Contributors

Writer:
Roger Leigh
Produced by:
R. D. Smith
Charles Meadowes, a poet:
James Thomason
Barber:
Douglas Storm
Michael, an actor:
Philip Morant
Mr Boscombe, head porter:
Philip Cunningham
Assistant hall porter:
Jon Rollason
Fred, a cameraman:
Ray Barrett
Bill Heinz, a film director:
Norman Claridge
Margie, his secretary:
Diana Olsson
Daivn Cohen, film star:
Eva Huszar
Mr Cohen:
David Bird
Other parts:
played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company

BBC Home Service Basic

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