The 27-Year Itch

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Seventies marital comedy starring Betty Marsden and Hugh Paddick.

The 27-Year Itch: Expanding the Mind

Expanding the Mind

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The 27-Year Itch, Expanding the Mind

Dorothy and Edward decide to broaden their minds.

Dorothy and Edward decide to broaden their minds. Marital mayhem starring Betty Marsden and Hugh Paddick. From January 1979.

Edward seeks to expand his mind, with the help of a gentle arm-lock from Dorothy.

Dorothy and Edward Atkinson are Sidcup's premier warring couple with a marriage to challenge even the most determined of counsellors.

Hugh Paddick and Betty Marsden star in Barry Pilton's marital mayhem sitcom.

Edward ...... Hugh Paddick
Dorothy ...... Betty Marsden

With:

David Burke
Lewis Fiander
John Gabriel
Geoffrey McGivern

After notching up multiple BBC radio series together of 'Beyond Our Ken' and 'Round the Horne' - most memorably as ageing juvenile Binkie Huckaback and Dame Celia Molestrangler - Hugh and Betty were reunited on-air, almost a decade later in 'The 27 Year Itch'.

Producer: Geoffrey Perkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1979.

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