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Series of comic plays starring Stanley Baxter

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The Stanley Baxter Playhouse: Series 7: The Pool

The Pool

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Two old men with a shared love of the art of fishing have a past which haunts them both.

Two old men keen on fishing go to a Scottish salmon pool to recall past events that haunt them. With Geoffrey Palmer. From 2016.

Set on one of Scotland's most famous salmon fishing rivers, we meet two old men with a shared love of the art of fishing and a shared past which haunts them both. 

Geoffrey Palmer joins Stanley Baxter on the edge of a famous salmon pool in Scotland, on a cold wintry day.

Series of comic plays starring Stanley Baxter.

Tam ...... Stanley Baxter
Jolyon ...... Geoffrey Palmer

Written by Michael Chaplin

Director: Marilyn Imrie

A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in January 2016.

The Stanley Baxter Playhouse: Series 7

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