Put Out More Flags

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The war isn't turning out to be the opportunity that loafer Basil expected it to be.

The war isn't turning out to be the opportunity that privileged loafer Basil expected it to be. Stars Simon Cadell.

The Second World War isn't turning out to be the opportunity that privileged loafer Basil expected it to be.

Evelyn Waugh’s satire, first published in 1942.

Dramatised by Denys Hawthorne.

Basil Seal .... Simon Cadell
Lady Seal .... Elizabeth Kelly
Bomber .... Alan Thompson
Susie .... Zelah Clarke
Colonel Plum .... Nicholas Le Prevost
Molly .... Emma Gregory
Peter Pastmaster .... Michael Cochrane
Angela Lyne .... Marian Diamond
Margot Metroland .... Mary Wimbush
Poppet .... Joanna Myers
Ambrose Silk .... Steve Hodson
Bentley .... Hugh Dickson
Sir Joshua Mainwaring .... Jack May
Alastair .... Simon Treves
Sonia .... Jane Whittenshaw
Narrator .... Tony Britton

With: 

Timothy Bateson
David King
Timothy Carlton
Danielle Allan

Pianist: David King

Director: Jane Morgan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1990.

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Louche, upper-crust waster, Basil Seal, manoeuvres his way around the outbreak of WW2.

Set in 1939/40, the exploits of louche, upper-crust waster Basil Seal who manoeuvres his way around the outbreak of the Second World War, as well as the women in his life.

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