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Richard Barton: General Practitioner!: Episode 5

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Episode 5

Richard Barton: General Practitioner!

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Richard Barton: General Practitioner!, Episode 5

Dick and Richard have no trouble speaking their minds, getting them both into trouble.

Speaking their minds leads secret agent Dick Barton and his son Richard into inevitable trouble. Stars Joss Ackland. From 1998.

Unretirable special agent Dick Bartno and his son Richard are having no trouble speaking their minds. Which inevitably gets them both into trouble.  

Richard Barton ...... Robert Bathurst
Old Dick Barton ...... Moray Watson
Jock ...... Iain Cuthbertson 
Young Dick Barton ...... Julian Dutton 
Sally Phillips ...... Matilda Ziegler

Other parts played by Fiona Allen and Roger Blake. 

In 1946, Edward J Mason wrote the first episode of Dick Barton - Special Agent. The BBC Light Programme's hugely popular serial followed the adventures of the ex-Commando and his mates Jock Anderson and Snowy White. Despite facing a series of never-ending cliff-hangers at the hands of dastardly villains, our hero always triumphed. "With one bound Dick was free!".

Half a century later, Edward J's son Lol created Richard Barton, son of Dick, in an affectionate homage to one of BBC Radio's most enduring heroes.

Producer: Jo Clegg

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1998.

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