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Odd Balls: Bill Bosun: Speedily to School

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Bill Bosun: Speedily to School

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Odd Balls, Bill Bosun: Speedily to School

A school bus driver's way of helping anyone in a jam divides opinion among passengers.

A school bus driver’s way of helping anyone in a jam splits opinion among passengers and governors. With Shaun Curry. From 2001.

Passengers love country school bus driver Bill Bosun, despite his speed making journeys both a hazard and an adventure.  

But his weakness is an unwillingness to see anyone in a jam. Against instruction, he waits for late pupils and gives lifts to all kinds of folk and their dogs, ducks and hens.  

The children adore him, but the school governors and local councillors have a different view. Bill's future is in their hands.

One of four character based comedies by Don Howarth.

Bill …. Shaun Curry
Headmaster …. Russell Dixon 
Mrs Cupboard …. Jillie Meers  
Mrs Gasper …. Gillian Goodman 
Mr Pilchard …. Graham Colclough 
Micky …. David Thorpe 
Freddie …. Barry Farrimond 
Jenny …. Holly Grainger
Charlie …. Will Haigh
Narrator …. Peter Meakin

Director: Julie Beckett

Producer: Sue Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001.

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Four character based comedies by Lancastrian playwright, Don Haworth.

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