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Sybil Law: Episode 4: Sybil Unrest

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Episode 4

Episode 4: Sybil Unrest

Sybil Unrest

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Sybil exposes the culinary pretensions of gastro pubs when she loses her beloved dog.

Sybil exposes the culinary pretensions of gastro pubs when she loses her beloved dog Jasper in one on her ninetieth birthday.

of music, Sybil's callers and celebrity guests are alternately charmed and harangued. 

Fans of her show include Betty Potter who runs a wool shop and Hilton MacBain who is one of Sybil's admirers. Off air she argues with her bossy niece Senga, feeds mints to her beloved dog Jasper to keep him sweet, runs her " Say NEIN to nine ninety nine" pricing campaign; collects recipes such as " Bunnies On the Lawn" and "Hot Water Soup" from regular callers to her show for her Octogenarian cookbook, and holds English language tutorials where we and her teenage pupils benefit from her unique teaching of syntax and metaphor


Sybil Law UNA MCLEAN

Senga Brook GABRIEL QUIGLEY

Roy/Hilton McBain GAVIN MITCHELL

Edouard (Maitre D)/
Scot (the Kinesiologist) SCOTT HOATSON


Sybil Law is written by award winning singer/songwriter and comedy performer Charlie Dore, whose new album Cheapskate Lullabyes comes out in May. 
It is directed by Marilyn Imrie and is a Catherine Bailey production for 
BBC Radio Scotland.

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