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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When a new face appears in the office opposite Chester Perry, she causes quite a stir.

When a new face appears in the office opposite Chester Perry, she causes quite a stir. Stars Michael Williams. From May 1999.

When a new face appears in the office opposite the Chester Perry building - she causes quite a stir. 

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
Mrs Purdy …. Dora Bryan
Fudge/Station Master/Samson/Hawkins …. Jon Glover
Miss Sunman/Mary …. Katy Odey
Post Boy/Dimkins …. Simon Schatzberger
Miss Prunella Peach/Janet/Mrs Buxton …. Carol Starks

Music: John Whitehall

Producer: Neil Cargill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1999.

Bristow: Series 1

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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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