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Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City

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A group of eclectic characters find themselves and each other in 1970's San Francisco

Dramatisation of Armistead Maupin's classic sequence of comic novels about the denizens of a San Francisco apartment house in the late 70s and early 80s

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Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City: Babycakes

Laurel Lefkow

Kate Harper

Jos Slovick

Simon Lee Phillips

Amanda Hale

Kieran Hodgson

Damian Lynch

Susan Roberts

Bryony Lavery

Armistead Maupin

Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City: Babycakes: Episode 3

Babycakes

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BBC Radio 4 - Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City, Babycakes, Episode 3

Michael is in England after swapping his apartment with Simon.

Michael is in England after swapping his apartment with Englishman Simon. Brian wants a baby with Mary Ann. Stars Jos Slovick. From July 2014.

Babycakes by Armistead Maupin, part of the Tales of the City series. Set in the era following the free sex and love counter culture. Following the death from AIDS of his partner, Michael is in England having swapped his flat with Englishman Simon who arrived on the Royal yacht Britannia. Brian wants a baby with Mary Ann. 

Dramatised by Bryony lavery. 
Directed in Salford by Susan Roberts.

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Dramatisation of Armistead Maupin's fourth Tales of the City novel.

Armistead Maupin's fourth book in the Tales of the City series about the residents of a San Francisco apartment house, dramatised by Bryony Lavery.

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