The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket

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Comedy: Character

Comedy: Music

Comedy with the dear ladies of a musical bent, Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket

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The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket: Series 1: The Cruise - 1/2

The Cruise - 1/2

Series 1

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket, Series 1, The Cruise - 1/2

The dear ladies fly off to sing on a cruise liner.

The dear ladies fly off to sing on a cruise liner. Stars Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket. From April 1977.

The dear ladies attempt to fly off to entertain the passengers on a Mediterranean cruise liner...

Starring Dame Hilda Bracket and her lifelong companion Dr Evadne Hinge.

Brought to you from the genteel setting of the Suffolk village of Stackton Tressel, where the musical duo reside.

Written by Mike Craig, Lawrie Kinsley and Ron McDonnell.

Dame Hilda Bracket ...... George Logan
Dr Evadne Hinge ...... Patrick Fyffe
Brigadier Roland Baines ...... Michael Bates 
Captain Frobisher ...... Donald Hewlett 

Three series ran on BBC Radio 4 between 1977 and 1979, with further spin-off seasons on BBC Radio 2 until 1990.

In the early 1980s, they expanded over to BBC TV with the series Dear Ladies.

Produced at BBC Manchester by James Casey

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1977.

The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket: Series 1

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