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Andrew Rissik - A Man Alone

3. Harriet

Duration: 1 hour

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

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After 15 years, Philip and Jennifer have settled into marriage in the same way that he has settled into his job as a TV producer.

Drink, he finds, helps considerably. So does Harriet. But in the end both Harriet and the whisky let him down.

Only then, with props to help him, can Philip see the pattern that stands out so clearly in his life.

The ups and downs in the life story of Philip Tremayne.

Starring Ronald Pickup.

The last of three plays by Andrew Rissik.

Philip Tremayne …. Ronald Pickup
Jennifer .... Brenda Blethyn
Harriet .... Jane Leonard
Alan ... James MacPherson
Philip's Father .... Patrick Troughton
Anthony ... Benedict Taylor
Mr Tomkin ... George Baker
Philip as a boy ... Barnaby Rhys-Jones
Consultant ... Richard Durden

Director: Jeremy Mortimer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1986. Show less

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