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The Senses: Episode 1: Hearing

Senses

Episode 1

Episode 1: Hearing

The Senses

Hearing

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An affair conducted through messages recorded on cassette sparks problems.

An affair conducted through messages recorded on cassette sparks problems. Stars Celia Imrie. From January 1990.

An affair conducted via tape cassette-recorded messages conjures up a few problems with the sense of hearing. 

Opening episode starring Celia Imrie and John McGlynn.  

Heather    ......    Celia Imrie
Tony    ......    John McGlynn 
Audrey    ......    Francesca Brill 
Edith    ......    Eva Stuart 
Mr Polglaze    ......    Daniel Moynihan
Postman    ......    Norman Bird 

Senses is a six-part comedy drama boasting a stellar list of star names, including Joan Sims, Charles Gray, Alex Jennings, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Geoffrey Palmer, Lynda Bellingham, Brian Murphy, Rodney Bewes, Liz Fraser, Rory McGrath and Maurice Denham.

As writer Bob Sinfield explains: "The six half-hour plays dealt respectively with the five obvious senses plus the er...other one".

Producer: Neil Cargill

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in 1990.

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