Not in Front of the Children

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Family sitcom starring Wendy Craig, which was adapted from TV

Family sitcom starring Wendy Craig, which was adapted from television

Not in Front of the Children: Series 1: Spare Time Job

Spare Time Job

Series 1

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Jen's scheme to make money runs into red tape, and worse.

Jen's scheme to make money runs into red tape, and worse. Stars Wendy Craig and Francis Matthews. From December 1969.

Jen's scheme to make money runs into red tape - and worse. 

Starring Wendy Craig and Francis Matthews.

The comedy mishaps of the Corner family - Jennifer and Henry and their three kids Trudi, Amanda and Robin.

Four series were first shown on BBC TV from 1967 to 1970.

Richard Waring adapted his own TV scripts for this radio version, now fully restored from the original reel-to-reel tapes.

Jennifer …. Wendy Craig
Henry …. Francis Matthews
Trudi …. Roberta Tovey 
Robin …. Hugo Keith-Johnston 
Amanda …. Jill Riddick
Mother …. Fanny Rowe 
Mary …. Charlotte Mitchell 
Bill Perry …. Michael Kilgarriff 
Vera Walters …. Aline Waites 
Bobby's Daddy …. David Tate 
City Man …. Frederick Treves

Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst. 

Producer: Trafford Whitelock. 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1969.

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