Albert and Me

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Comedy about a single dad struggling to find work as he raises his baby son.

Richard Beckinsale then Robert Lindsay star as the single dad struggling to find work and raise his baby son. With Pat Coombs.

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Single dad Bryan needs cash to pay his rates arrears. Stars Richard Beckinsale

Single dad Bryan desperately needs cash for his rates arrears. Stars Richard Beckinsale and Pat Coombs. From November 1977.

Struggling to bring up his baby son Albert, single dad Bryan Archer desperately needs cash for his rate arrears.

Stars Richard Beckinsale and Pat Coombs.

The struggles of single parent Bryan Archer to find work while raising his baby son, Albert.

Written by Jim Eldridge.

Bryan Archer …. Richard Beckinsale
Mum/Albert …. Pat Coombs
Dad …. John Comer
Joe Billings …. Harry Fowler  
Sandra …. Karin MacCarthy
Magistrate …. Douglas Blackwell
Mr Benson …. John Arnatt
  
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1977.

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