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JB Priestley - Lost Empires: 2. First Night

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JB Priestley - Lost Empires

2. First Night

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'On the halls' in 1913. Richard gets closer to Nancy, but Burrard's fears deepen.

'On the halls' in 1913. Richard gets closer to Nancy, but Burrard's fears deepen. With Tom Baker and Steven Frost.

It's the year before the Great War, and Richard Herncastle 's music-hall apprenticeship continues. 

Richard gets closer to Nancy, but Harry Burrard's fears deepen... 

Published in 1965, JB Priestley's classic stars Tom Baker as Nick Ollanton. 

Nick Ollanton ...... Tom Baker 
Harry Burrard ...... Freddie 'Parrot Face' Davies 
Old Richard ...... Bryan Pringle 
Young Richard ...... Richard Hollick 
Tommy Beamish ...... Steven Frost 
Julie Blane ...... Brigit Forsyth 
Cissie Mapes ...... Deborah McAndrew 
Nancy ...... Kathryn Hunt 
Jenning ...... Russell Dixon 
Johnson ...... John Lloyd Fillingham
Barney ...... Mike Edmunds 
Nonnie    ......    Ann-Marie Frater

Dramatised by Bert Coules. 

Music: Chris Monks

Producer: Kate Rowland

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1994

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JB Priestley's tale of the music hall. With Tom Baker and Freddie 'Parrot Face' Davies

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