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The Preventers

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for 11 months

A four-part comedy series paying homage to TV's cult action adventure shows of the 1960s and 70s.

THE PREVENTERS are an elite, stylish, polo-neck-wearing threesome of international troubleshooters.

Meet the TV trio:

Craig Sturdy - suave and charming
Penelope Cold - enigmatic and foreign
Mike Stallion - the third one.

Written by and starring:

Morwenna Banks
Chris England
Robert Harley

With:

Ed Devereaux
Desmond Llewelyn
Neil Mullarkey
John Irwin
Emma Myant

Music by Peter Baikie.

Producer: Phil Clarke

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1996. Show less

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