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To Be Or Not To Be - An OAP

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

Freshly-retired William Wheeler reluctantly signs-up for his pension.

Starring Molly Sugden and Deryck Guyler.

Sitcom written by Anne Jones.

After 40 years working in the same office, William Wheeler has just retired and battles to adapt to his new life of leisure.

His wife Olive, on the other hand, is trying to cope with him her feet all day, for the first time in their marriage.

William …. Deryck Guyler
Olive …. Molly Sugden
Jack Bailey …. Norman Rossington
Neville …. John Baddeley
Angela …. Ysanne Churchman
Pat …. Patricia Green
Mrs Cox …. Linda Polan

Producers: Richard Maddock and Peter Titheradge.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1974. Show less

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