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Patricia Hodge

Jim Norton

Colette O'Neill

Monica Dolan

William Gaminara

Kath Weare

Ellie Darvill

Neil McCaul

Isabella Inchbald

Georgie Glen

Muriel Spark

Robin Brooks

Gaynor Macfarlane

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Muriel Spark's gloriously dark comedy about death.

4 Extra Debut. An anonymous caller disturbs some elderly people with the message: 'Remember you must die'. Stars Patricia Hodge and Jim Norton.

Set among a group of elderly people, the story begins with what appears to be an ordinary crime and ends up as a metaphysical mystery. 

An anonymous caller repeatedly disturbs the elderly men and women with the message: "Remember you must die." 

Muriel Spark's gloriously dark comedy about death. 

Dame Lettie Colston    ......    Patricia Hodge
Godfrey Colston    ......    Jim Norton
Charmian Colston    ......    Colette O'Neil 
Mabel Pettigrew    ......    Monica Dolan 
Alec Warner    ......    William Gaminara 
Mrs Anthony    ......    Kath Weare 
Jean Taylor    ......    Ellie Darvill 
Henry Mortimer    ......    Neil McCaul 
Olive Mannering    ......    Isabella Inchbald
Muriel    ......    Georgie Glen 

Adapted by Robin Brooks 

Director: Gaynor Macfarlane.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018.

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