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Just William - Live!: Series 5: Episode 1: The Christmas Truce

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The Christmas Truce

BBC Radio 4 - Just William - Live!, Series 5, The Christmas Truce

Martin Jarvis performs The Christmas Truce by Richmal Crompton for a live audience.

Martin Jarvis performs The Christmas Truce by Richmal Crompton in front of an enthusiastic audience at the Riverhouse Barn Theatre in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.

Martin Jarvis performs the first of two Just William stories by Richmal Crompton in front of an enthusiastic, invited audience at the Riverhouse Barn Theatre, Walton on Thames in Surrey.

In The Christmas Truce, William's arch-enemy Hubert Lane and his cronies sabotage William's Christmas party. William and his Outlaws are then forced by conniving mothers to attend Hubert's party in return. So can they execute a pleasing and satisfactory revenge? 

Director: Rosalind Ayres 
A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4.

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Martin Jarvis performs two Richmal Crompton comic classics for a live audience.

Martin Jarvis performs two Richmal Crompton comic classics at the Riverhouse Barn Theatre, Walton-on-Thames in Surrey.

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