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The Simon Day Show: Series 2: Tony Becton

Tony Becton

Series 2

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Simon Day Show, Series 2, Tony Becton

Reformed violent offender Tony Becton returns with stories of his rehabilitation.

Simon Day brings reformed violent offender Tony Becton back to The Mallard Theatre. With Felix Dexter. From June 2012.

Simon Day and his characters welcome you back to The Mallard, a small provincial theatre somewhere in the UK.

Each week one of Simon's comic characters come to perform, while the staff struggle with rivalries, self-doubt and the new owner's vision for the theatre's future.

This time, reformed violent offender Tony Becton returns to the theatre with stories of his rehabilitation and new life in a park.
 
Written by Simon Day.

Tony Becton ...... Simon Day
Emanuel Akinyemi ...... Felix Dexter
Pat Bennet ...... Morwenna Banks
Ron Bone / Wozak ...... Simon Greenall

Producer:  Colin Anderson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2012.

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