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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Bristow: Series 1: Stranger on a Train

Stranger on a Train

Series 1

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Bristow, Series 1, Stranger on a Train

The clerk helps his colleague, Jones, to plan his escape from Chester Perry.

Bristow helps a colleague, Jones, to plan his escape from Chester Perry. Stars Michael Williams and Rodney Bewes. From May 1999.

Bristow helps his colleague, Jones, to plan an escape from Chester Perry.

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
Fudge, Mr Frost, Station Master and the Stranger on the Train …. Jon Glover
Miss Sunman …. Katie Odie
Post Boy and Godfrey …. Simon Schatsberger
Tea Lady …. Sarah Huntley

Music: John Whitehall

Producer: Neil Cargill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 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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