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Something to Shout About

Series 3

Episode 5

Duration: 30 minutes

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

An American client asks Maggie for a UK advert to promote his new air freshener which promises to bring the smell of nature into our homes.

But why does Mavis have to type it in the bath?

"A light-hearted exposé of the advertising world!". Set in a London ad agency called 'Apsley, Addis, Cohen, Barbican, Blythe, Giddy & Partners'.

Michael Lightfoot.................... Michael Medwin
Maggie........................................ Eleanor Summerfield
Janet............................................. Fenella Fielding
Mavis........................................... .Joan Sims
Adrian Beates........................... Nicholas Phipps
Other characters...................... Roy Dotrice

Script by Myles Rudge and Ronnie Wolfe

Producer John Simmonds

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1961. Show less

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