My Turn To Make The Tea 

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Monica Dickens - My Turn To Make The Tea: The Stain on the Carpet

Monica Dickens - My Turn To Make The Tea

The Stain on the Carpet

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Monica Dickens - My Turn To Make The Tea, The Stain on the Carpet

1950s: Poppy is junior local paper reporter. A sinister surprise awaits under her bed.

4 Extra Debut. 1950s: Poppy is the Downingham Post’s junior reporter. A sinister surprise awaits under her bed. Stars Alice Hart. From 2004.

Early 1950s: Poppy is the junior reporter on the Downingham Post, where it's always her turn to make the tea.

She takes lodgings with the formidable Mrs Goff and discovers something sinister under the bed...

Semi-autobiographical story by Monica Dickens, first published in 1951.

Starring Alice Hart and Keith Barron.  

Adapted in four parts by Sheila Goff.

Poppy .... Alice Hart
Mr Pellet .... Keith Barron
Mrs Goff .... Marlene Sidaway
Maimie .... Annabelle Dowler
Victor .... Stephen Critchlow
Mike .... Peter Darney
Joe .... Martin Hyder
Marjorie .... Jemma Elder

Director: David Hunter

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004.

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The battles of Poppy - junior reporter on the Downingham Post in the early1950s.

The battles of Poppy - junior reporter on the Downingham Post.1950s semi-autobiographical series. Stars Alice Hart.

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