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Afternoon Drama: Two Pipe Problems

Stanley Baxter

Geoffrey Palmer

Linda Broughton

Stephen Critchlow

Marilyn Imrie

Catherine Bailey

Michael Chaplin

Drama on 4: Two Pipe Problems: Episode 1: I Get By with a Little Help from My Friends

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Episode 1: I Get By with a Little Help from My Friends

Two Pipe Problems

I Get By with a Little Help from My Friends

BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, Two Pipe Problems, I Get By with a Little Help from My Friends

Sandy turns chef, as he and William save the day for an unhappy father and his son.

Sandy turns chef and William shows courage and compassion in saving the day for an unhappy father and his son.

By Michael Chaplin.

Following the sad death of Richard Briers earlier this year, in the first of these two final episodes of Two Pipe Problems, Stanley Baxter as Sandy is joined by Geoffrey Palmer as his friend and fellow sleuth William Parnes.

A new chef is in the kitchen at The Old Beeches and he's cooking up a storm and delighting the residents, with Sandy as his willing and enthusiastic sous-chef. But things begin to go badly wrong after a visiting concert party sing a Beatles song which triggers unhappy memories for Albie the Chef (played by the late Felix Dexter).

William and Sandy go in search of Albie and his son, and a successful father and son reunion is celebrated in song. 

Young Terrell Forde, who recently starred in Matilda in the West End, joins the company to play and sing the role of Albie's son, accompanied by David Shaw-Parker as his step dad, David Holt as memory man Billy, and Tracey Wiles as the warm hearted Old Beeches care assistant Karen.

Cast:
Sandy Boyle .......................Stanley Baxter
William Parnes ...................Geoffrey Palmer
Albie ...................................Felix Dexter
Karen/ Sadie ......................Tracy Wiles
Billy ....................................David Holt
Edgar/ Lewis ......................David Shaw-Parker
Jonathan ............................Terrell Forde


Directed by Marilyn Imrie
A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4.

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