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Drama on 4: Buffalo Bill and Little Matty Dyer

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09/02/2010

BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, Buffalo Bill and Little Matty Dyer

By Peter Spafford. A boy's life is changed by the arrival of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show

By Peter Spafford. In 1903, the arrival in Leeds of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show changes the life of 15-year-old landlord's son Matty.

By Peter Spafford. 1903 Cardigan Fields, Leeds. Buffalo Bill, slayer of the Lacota, the most famous American in the world, disembarks at Armley station with his Wild West show. They will stay in Leeds just five days, but that is long enough to change the life of 15-year-old Matty Dyer.

Matty ...... Christian Foster
Buffalo Bill/Small Bear ...... Kerry Shale
John ...... Gerard Fletcher
McConnell ...... Andrew Westfield
Jess ...... Julia Malham
Wind in Face ...... Demetri Goritsas
Sid ...... Ryan Greaves
Street Shouter ...... Howard Chadwick

Producer Gary Brown.

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