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JB Priestley - When We Are Married

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Drama: Relationships & Romance

14/05/2005

BBC Radio 4 Extra - JB Priestley - When We Are Married

Three couples celebrating silver weddings discover they are not married.

Three couples celebrating silver weddings discover they are not married. Stars Alun Armstrong, Alan Bennett and Brenda Blethyn.

Three couples receive a very rude shock in the midst of their joint silver wedding celebrations.

First performed on stage in 1938, JB Priestley's classic comedy with a star-packed cast.

Starring Alun Armstrong as Albert Parker, Alan Bennett as Herbert Soppitt, Brenda Blethyn as Clara Soppitt, Michael Jayston as Joe Helliwell, Polly James as Lottie, Nicola Pagett as Maria Helliwell, Gwen Taylor as Annie Parker, Elizabeth Spriggs as Mrs Northrop, Peter Woodthorpe as Ormonroyd, Cathryn Bradshaw as Ruby, Timothy Watson as Gerald, Deborah Berlin as Nancy, Paul Panting as Fred and James Taylor as the Reverend Mercer.

Music by Stuart Hutchinson

Adapted and produced: Matthew Walters

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994.

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