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Something to Shout About

Series 3

Episode 7

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for years

The advertising agency is hired to put a glamorous spin on a dreary seaside holiday camp in Gritley Bay.

CAST:

Michael …. Michael Medwin
Janet …. Fenella Fielding
Mavis …. Joan Sims
Maggie …. Eleanor Summerfield
Adrian …. Nicholas Phipps
Mr Plankton …. Warren Mitchell

"A light-hearted exposé of the advertising world!". Set in a London ad agency called Apsley, Addis, Cohen, Barbican, Blythe, Giddy & Partners,' Something To Shout About' ran to 54 episodes over three series

Written by Myles Rudge and Ronnie Wolfe.

Music by The Jingle Belles and The Bernie Fenton Quartet, under the direction of Cliff Adams.

Producer: John Simmonds

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1960. Show less

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