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Christopher William Hill's 1930s comedy set on St Martin's - one of the Isles of Scilly.

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Joseph Kloska

Bec Applebee

Christine Absalom

Stuart Fox

Alex Palmer

Ed Gaughan

Peter Marinker

Alex Tregear

Christopher William Hill

Mary Peate

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Old Grace is sure of strange happenings since the new telegraph machine was installed.

Old Grace is convinced strange things have started to happen since the new telegraph machine was installed. Stars Joseph Kloska.

Old Grace is convinced that strange things have started to happen since the new telegraph machine was installed. 

It's 1937 on St. Martin's - a remote island of the Isles of Scilly.

Islanders are resisting the attempts of the Penzance GPO man to modernise the post office - around which their world revolves.

Written by Christopher William Hill.

Frank Gunwallow    ......    Joseph Kloska
Mary    ......    Bec Applebee
Grace    ......    Christine Absalom
Tommy    ......    Stuart Fox
Ben    ......    Alex Palmer
Len    ......    Ed Gaughan
Tregarthan    ......    Peter Marinker
Morwenna    ......    Alex Tregear
Pender    ......    Christopher William Hill

Sound by Jenni Burnett, Anne Bunting and Graham Harper.

Diirector: Mary Peate

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013.

On the Rocks: Series 1

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1930s comedy set on St Martin's, one of the Isles of Scilly

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