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Diane Morgan and Maxine Peake celebrate and perform Beryl Bainbridge's darkly comic novel.

Maxine Peake and Diane Morgan have fun performing Beryl Bainbridge's darkly comic novel and talk about why they love it. Recorded in front of an audience at the BBC Radio Theatre.

Maxine Peake and Diane Morgan met auditioning at drama school, where they fell in love with Beryl Bainbridge's darkly comic novel The Bottle Factory Outing. They’ve wanted to play Freda and Brenda, the hapless yet hilarious central characters, ever since.. And so here they are, performing it at the BBC Radio Theatre, where they start by introducing it to the audience and talking about their love for the book and what makes it so good.  With Sue Johnston as the narrator of the book, and Jonathan Keeble as all the male characters. Abridged by Abigail Youngman.     
Producer Beth O'Dea

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