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Classic Serial: JB Priestley - Bright Day

Classic Serial: JB Priestley - Bright Day: Episode 1

JB Priestley - Bright Day

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A chance encounter in Cornwall prompts a disillusioned scriptwriter to rediscover his past

A chance encounter in Cornwall prompts disillusioned scriptwriter Gregory Dawson to rediscover his past. Stars Jack Shepherd.

By JB Priestley

Disillusioned scriptwriter Gregory Dawson is staying at a hotel in Cornwall, finishing a script. A chance encounter in the bar sends him back to the lost world of his youth before the slaughter of the First World War when he was a 18-year old in Bruddersford, Yorkshire: Through rediscovering his past Dawson realises where his life took a wrong turn and where he must make amends if he is to start afresh. There is a glow of magic in poignant rediscovery.

Gregory Dawson/Narrator.. Jack Shepherd 
Elizabeth Earl... Liza Sadovy 
Young Gregory... Dean Smith
Joan Alington.. Sarah Smart
Bridget Alington... Sarah Churm
Eva Alington.. Lowri Evans
Jock / Harfner.... Conrad Nelson
Malcolm Nixey... Fred Ridgeway
Eleanor Nixey... Janice Mckenzie
Mr Alington... David Fleeshman
Mr Ackworth..... Fine Time Fontayne
Brent / Stanley Mervin... Seamus O'Neill
Ben Kerry... Steve Marsh

Dramatised by Diana Griffiths
Producer/Director - Pauline Harris.

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Dramatisation by Diana Griffiths of the 1946 novel by JB Priestley

Dramatisation by Diana Griffiths of the 1946 novel by JB Priestley. A chance encounter prompts disillusioned scriptwriter Gregory Dawson to rediscover his past

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