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Lambeth Palace

04/04/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Drama, Lambeth Palace

A tale of politics and manoeuvring in selecting a fictional Archbishop of Canterbury.

4 Extra Debut. Behind-the-scenes politics and manoeuvring in selecting a fictional Archbishop of Canterbury. Dark comedy with Alex Jennings.

Dark comedy by Christopher William Hill imagining the politics behind the scenes in the run-up to the selection of a fictional Archbishop of Canterbury. How far will an ultra-Establishment conservative and a barely-believing liberal go to win the top job in the Church of England? 

Michael Lombard ...... Alex Jennings
David Channing ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Grace Lombard ...... Phoebe Nicholls
Patrick Latimer ...... Murray Melvin
Alicia Latham ...... Susan Jameson
Simon Brooker ...... Philip Fox
Anthony Taylor ...... Sam Dale
Russell Graves ...... Stephen Hogan
Claudia ...... Caroline Guthrie
Robin ...... Jonathan Tafler
Cardinal Daeneker ...... Malcolm Tierney
Seb ...... Benjamin Askew
Jade ...... Lizzy Watts

With Kirsty Wark and Jonathan Dimbleby as themselves.

Other parts played by Janice Acquah, Matt Addis and Paul Rider.

Directed by Mary Peate.

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