The 27-Year Itch

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Seventies marital comedy starring Betty Marsden and Hugh Paddick.

The 27-Year Itch: The 28th Anniversary

The 28th Anniversary

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The 27-Year Itch, The 28th Anniversary

Dorothy and Edward's children return for the anniversary celebration. From 1979.

Dorothy and Edward's children return for an anniversary celebration. Marital mayhem starring Betty Marsden and Hugh Paddick. From 1979.

A son and daughter return home for Dorothy and Edward's anniversary "celebration".

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: 

Simon Callow
Sally Watts  

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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