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The Stanley Baxter Playhouse

Comedy: Sitcoms

Series of comic plays starring Stanley Baxter

The Stanley Baxter Playhouse: Series 3

The Stanley Baxter Playhouse: Series 3: Episode 3: The Man in the Garden

Episode 3

Episode 3: The Man in the Garden

Series 3

The Man in the Garden

BBC Radio 4 - The Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 3, The Man in the Garden

By Rona Munro. A lonely lady on a holiday falls in love with two members of a family.

By Rona Munro. A lonely lady on a holiday in the remote West Highlands of Scotland finds herself falling in love with two members of the same family, born 60 years apart.

Series of three comic plays starring Stanley Baxter. 

A lonely lady on a holiday in the remote West Highlands of Scotland finds herself falling in love with two members of the same family, born 60 years apart. By Rona Munro. 

Duncan ...... Stanley Baxter
Ellie ...... Penelope Wilton
Receptionist  ...... Bill Paterson

Directed by Marilyn Imrie

A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4.

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