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2. The Old Man and the Sea

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for 9 months

Colin is in a flat panic when he mislays a red hot manuscript for an autobiography.

Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor

More battles for erudite, naïve Colin with his bluff managing director, Rees John.

Andrew Palmer’s sitcom set in publishing house, Roache & Brewer.

Colin Luscombe …. Tim Brooke-Taylor
Rees John …. Glyn Houston
Janet Hunt …. Eve Karpf
Aubrey Sallis …. Deryck Guyler
Anne Sallis …. Nell Brennan
Mike …. Jon Glover

Producer: Edward Taylor

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

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