Date With Fate

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Date With Fate: Episode 1: A Damp Fib

A Damp Fib

Episode 1

Episode 1: A Damp Fib

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Date With Fate, A Damp Fib

Surveyor's clerk Simon tries hard to cover up a huge white lie.

Surveyor's clerk Simon battles to cover up his huge white lie. Stars Charles Gray and Alex Lowe. From February 1996.

Simon is a junior clerk in a surveyor's office, but when he tells a white lie it sparks disastrous consequences...

Harold Wing Pinero is your host.

The first of four comic close encounters with fate.

Written by Gary Parker and Phil Whelans. 

Simon …. Alex Lowe 
Harold Wing Pinero …. Charles Gray 
Naomi …. Elliot Nicholls
Mr Reynolds …. James Greene 
Mrs Gibson …. Margaret Stallard 
Alan …. Paul Davies 

Producer:  Paul Schlesinger 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1996.

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Harold Wing Pinero hosts four comic close encounters with fate. Stars Charles Gray.

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