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Mr Finchley Takes The Road

Mr Finchley Takes the Road: Episode 2

Mr Finchley Takes the Road

Episode 2

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Mr Finchley Takes the Road, Episode 2

Edgar meets an unlikely teller of salty tales. And could someone be following him?

In deepest Kent, Edgar meets an unlikely teller of salty tales. And could someone be following him? Stars Richard Griffiths.

Mr Finchley runs into an ancient mariner who has many tales to tell of his life at sea, each one taller than the last. Meanwhile, following hot on his tail is Oliver Watt-Anselm, the worst private eye in the world...

Victor Canning's novel about the adventures of a man and his horse-drawn caravan touring the 1930s countryside of Kent.

CAST:

Mr Finchley .... Richard Griffiths
Horace Blane …. John Bird
Bob Trilby …. Chris Emmett
Oliver Watt-Anselm …. Jon Glover

Narrated by James Villiers.

Adapted in six parts by Andy and Eric Merriman. 

Producer: Gareth Edwards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1993.

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Dramatisation of Victor Canning's novel. Starring Richard Griffiths

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