My Turn To Make The Tea 

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Monica Dickens - My Turn To Make The Tea: The Anarchist in the Basement

Monica Dickens - My Turn To Make The Tea

The Anarchist in the Basement

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The anarchist in the basement of Poppy's boarding house throws a wild party

The anarchist in the basement of Poppy's boarding house throws a wild party. 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.

Neil Casubon, the anarchist in the basement of Poppy's boarding house, throws a wild party and landlady Mrs. Goff is not amused. 

Novice reporter Poppy's trip to a civic banquet with Downingham Post Editor Mr. Pellet finds them letting their hair down.

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

Starring Alice Hart and Keith Barron.

Adapted by Sheila Goff.

Poppy .... Alice Hart
Mr Pellet ... Keith Barron
Maimie ... Annabelle Dowler
Mrs Goff ... Marlene Sidaway
Margaret ... Alex Kelly
William ... Ashley Cook
Casubon ... Nicholas Boulton
John ... Robert Hastie
Bunch ... Jemma Elder
Betty ... Kezia Burrows
Speaker ... John Rowe

Director: David Hunter

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 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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