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The late 1960s: Sir Roy Vandervane’s pursuit of stimulation wreaks havoc.

Sir Roy Vandervane’s pursuit of stimulation wreaks havoc. By Tony Bilbow based on Amis’s novel ‘Girl 20’. Stars Robert Stephens.

"As you get older, you'll find that absolutely straight-down-the-middle sex doesn't strike you in quite the way it did." 

Sir Roy's pursuit of something more stimulating wreaks havoc in his own life - and everyone else's...

Comic observation of the late 1960s.  

Written by Tony Bilbow - based on Kingsley Amis’s novel ‘Girl 20’.

Sir Roy Vandervane …. Robert Stephens
Douglas Yandell …. Christopher Timothy
Lady Kitty …. Eva Stuart
Meers …. Geoffrey Whitehead
Penny …. Kim Thomson
Sylvia …. Anna Mazzotti
Gilbert …. Okon Jones
Coates/Compere …. Michael Graham Cox
TV/Radio Broadcaster/Max …. Adrian Egan
Chris/Jimmy …. Richard Pearce
Vivienne …. Joan Walker
Himself …. Michael Dean

Producer: Matthew Walters

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1989.

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