The 27-Year Itch

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Seventies marital comedy starring Betty Marsden and Hugh Paddick.

The 27-Year Itch: A Pill a Day Keeps the Doctor at Work

A Pill a Day Keeps the Doctor at Work

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The 27-Year Itch, A Pill a Day Keeps the Doctor at Work

Dorothy seeks medical help when Edward becomes unbearable.

Dorothy seeks medical help when Edward becomes unbearable. With Betty Marsden and Hugh Paddick. From January 1979.

Dorothy seeks out medical help when Edward becomes unbearable.

Dorothy and Edward Atkinson are Sidcup's premier warring couple with a marriage to challenge even the most determined of counsellors.

Hugh Paddick and Betty Marsden star in Barry Pilton's marital mayhem sitcom.

Edward ...... Hugh Paddick
Dorothy ...... Betty Marsden

With: 

Alison Steadman
Richard Pearson 

After notching up multiple BBC radio series together of 'Beyond Our Ken' and 'Round The Horne' - most memorably as ageing juvenile Binkie Huckaback and Dame Celia Molestrangler - Hugh and Betty were reunited on-air, almost a decade later in 'The 27 Year Itch'. 

Producer: Geoffrey Perkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1979.

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