Bristow

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Michael Williams stars as a buying clerk based on Frank Dickens' cartoon strip

Michael Williams stars as Chester-Perry's famous buying clerk based on Frank Dickens' cartoon strip

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The Chester-Perry buying clerk tries smuggling a food inspector into the staff canteen.

The Chester-Perry buying clerk tries smuggling a food inspector into the staff canteen. Stars Michael Williams. From April 1999.

The troublesome buying clerk tries smuggling a food inspector into chef Gordon Blue's staff canteen. 

Michael Williams stars as Bristow, the Chester-Perry buying clerk. 

He is but a small cog in a gigantic wheel... and he knows it.

Adapted from by Frank Dickens from his famous newspaper cartoon strip. Syndicated internationally, it ran for 51 years from 1961.

Bristow …. Michael Williams
Jones …. Rodney Bewes
B.J. Bothwick …. Christopher Benjamin
Hewitt …. Owen Brenman
Miss Sunman …. Katy Odey
Station Master …. Jon Glover
Post Boy …. Simon Schatzberger
Mrs Dimple …. Sheila Reid

Music: John Whitehall

Poducer: Neil Cargill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1999.

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Michael Williams stars as a buying clerk in this version of Frank Dickens' cartoon strip.

Michael Williams stars as Chester-Perry's famous buying clerk in the radio version of Frank Dickens' cartoon strip

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