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Ralph Ineson

Fenella Woolgar

Roy Hudd

Oliver Gomm

Isabella Inchbald

Gerard McDermott

Ellie Darvill

Clive Hayward

Gary Duncan

Philip Bretherton

Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong

Adam Fitzgerald

Rupert Holliday Evans

David Reakes

Katherine Weare

David Hunter

JB Priestley

John Retallack

JB Priestley - The Good Companions

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John Retallack's dramatisation of JB Priestley's classic story of a 1929 concert party.

4 Extra Debut. A 1929 concert party tour charts new adventures for factory worker Jess and newly independent Miss Trant. Starring Ralph Ineson.

JB Priestley's classic story of a 1929 concert party tour charts new adventures for factory worker Jess Oakroyd and newly independent Miss Trant.

Starring Ralph Ineson, Fenella Woolgar and Roy Hudd. 
 
Dramatised by John Retallack.    

Jess Oakroyd ..... Ralph Ineson 
Miss Trant ..... Fenella Woolgar 
Jimmy Nunn ..... Roy Hudd 
Inigo Jollifant ..... Oliver Gomm 
Susie Dean ..... Isabella Inchbald 
Mr Ridvers ..... Gerard McDermott 
Mrs Joe ..... Ellie Darvill
Monte Mortimer ..... Clive Hayward 
Leonard Oakroyd ..... Gary Duncan 
Mr Joe ..... Philip Bretherton 
Morton Mitcham ..... Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong 
Jerry Jerningham ..... Adam Fitzgerald 
Agent ..... Rupert Holliday Evans
Inspector ..... David Reakes 
Box Office Lady ..... Katherine Weare

Music composed by Neil Brand

Musicians Neil Brand, Michael Hammond & Alex Hammond

Director: David Hunter

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2018.

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