Something To Shout About

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Something to Shout About

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1960s advertising agency sitcom starring Michael Medwin and Fenella Fielding,

1960s advertising agency sitcom starring Michael Medwin, Joan Sims and Fenella Fielding,

Something to Shout About: Series 2: Episode 19

Episode 19

Series 2

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Something to Shout About, Series 2, Episode 19

A turnip for the books when the agency tries to shift 500 tons of root vegetables.

A turnip for the books when the agency is asked to help shift 500 tons of root vegetables. Stars Fenella Fielding. From May 1961.

A turnip for the books when the ad agency is asked to help shift 500 tons of root vegetables. 

'A light-hearted exposé of the advertising world!'

Set in a London ad agency called 'Apsley, Addis, Cohen, Barbican, Blythe, Giddy & Partners'.

Written by Myles Rudge with Ronnie Wolfe.

Michael …. Michael Medwin
Janet …. Fenella Fielding
Mavis …. Joan Sims
Maggie …. Eleanor Summerfield
Adrian …. Nicholas Phipps.

Other parts played by Warren Mitchell.

Producer: Eric Miller

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1961.

Something to Shout About: Series 2

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1960s comedy highlighting the quirks of the advertising world.

1960s comedy starring Michael Medwin and Fenella Fielding that highlights the quirks of the advertising world

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