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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: The Days of Anna Madrigal

Kate Harper

Suzie Grimsdick

Fox Fisher

Simon Lee Phillips

Oscar Porter

Sanchia McCormack

Armistead Maupin

Lin Coghlan

Gary Brown

Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City: The Days of Anna Madrigal: Episode 1

The Days of Anna Madrigal

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Aged 92, is Anna Madrigal prepared to confront the ghosts in her past that trouble her?

4 Extra Debut. Now aged 92, is Anna Madrigal prepared to confront the ghosts in her past that trouble her? Stars Kate Harper. From July 2017.

Tales of the City: The Days of Anna Madrigal by Armistead Maupin. Dramatised by Lin Coghlan.
Episode 1.
The final series of Tales of the City. Now ninety-two, and committed to the notion of 'Leaving like a lady', Mrs Madrigal has seemingly found peace with the 'Logical' family that has grown around her. But there are ghosts in her past that are the key to her identity and they trouble her. Is she prepared to confront them? 

Director/Producer Gary Brown

'The Days of Anna Madrigal' is the ninth novel of Armistead Maupin's bestselling 'Tales of the City' series. It features one of modern literature's most unforgettable characters - Anna Madrigal, the legendary landlady of 28 Barbary Lane as she embarks on a road trip that will take her deep into her past.

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Armistead Maupin's stories following the residents of a San Francisco apartment house

Armistead Maupin's stories following the residents of a San Francisco apartment house, dramatised by Lin Coghlan

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