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Mr Finchley Takes The Road

Mr Finchley Takes the Road: Episode 1

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Mr Finchley Takes the Road

Episode 1

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1932: Edgar heads to Kent in a horse-drawn caravan, and someone is interested.

1932: Edgar heads to Kent in a horse-drawn caravan, and someone is interested. Victor Canning's tale stars Richard Griffiths.

Mr Finchley falls in love with a canary-coloured caravan and a rather stubborn horse. 

Victor Canning's novel about the adventures of a man and his horse-drawn caravan touring the 1930s countryside of Kent.

Richard Griffiths stars as Mr Finchley.

With Dinah Sheridan as Mrs Finchley, Ron Pember as Mr Rivers, Peter Vaughan as Turk.James Grout as Mr Sprake and Alan Thompson as Mr Harricot. 

Narrated by James Villiers.

Adapted in six parts by Andy and Eric Merriman. 

Producer: Gareth Edwards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1993.

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Dramatisation of Victor Canning's novel. Starring Richard Griffiths

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