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1835: The Reluctant Aristocrat

The Reluctant Aristocrat

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Belport tries to prove he is not a toff but instead starts the world's first rail strike.

Belport tries to prove he is not a toff but instead starts the world's first rail strike. Stars Paul Rider. From June 2004.

In order to prove he's not a feckless, idle aristocrat, Belport manages to kick off the world's first rail strike - in the process proving to everyone that he's a feckless, idle aristocrat... 

Comic saga of an aristocrat and his servant who struggle to find things to do in the mid- 1830s.

Belport ...... Paul Rider
Ned ...... Jason Done
Arbuthnot  ...... Roy Barraclough
George ...... Simon Greenall
Charlie ...... Jonathan Keeble

Written and directed at BBC Manchester by Jim Poyser.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.

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The adventures of aimless aristocrat Viscount Belport and his servant Ned.

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