The Good Companions

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JB Priestley - The Good Companions: 2. Arrivals

JB Priestley - The Good Companions

2. Arrivals

BBC Radio 4 Extra - JB Priestley - The Good Companions, 2. Arrivals

After three strangers arrive, the marooned concert party start making plans.

After three strangers arrive, the marooned concert party start making plans without their manager. Stars Helen Longworth.

The Dinky Doos' concert party are marooned in a station cafe in the Midlands. 

Three strangers arrive out of the blue, and 'The Good Companions' is created with optimism and panache.

Written by JB Priestley

Dramatised by Eric Pringle.

Susie Dean .... Helen Longworth
Jess Oakroyd .... Philip Jackson
Elizabeth Trant .... Jemma Churchill
Inigo Jollifant .... Nicholas Boulton
Mrs Oakroyd .... Mia Soteriou
Morton Mitcham .... Gerard McDermott
Mr Medworth .... Ian Masters
Jerry Jerningham........Ben Crowe

Music composed by Mia Soteriou

Director Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2002.

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Dramatisation of the novel about an English concert party, written in 1929

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