Never Too Late

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Feisty pensioner sitcom starring Thora Hird

Never Too Late: Series 1: It's Quicker By Coach

It's Quicker By Coach

Series 1

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Never Too Late, Series 1, It's Quicker By Coach

How are Hilda and friends getting to Weston-super-Mare and will Tommy go too?

Hilda’s holiday transport is running into problems - but Mildred has her intuition – and a nephew. Stars Thora Hird. From 1981.

Hilda is still determined to get her friends away on holiday to Weston-super-Mare, but the coach company says it can't help her.  

Tommy is all doom and gloom - and Mildred has an answer to the transport problem.

Starring Thora Hird.

Terry Gregson's sitcom about a group of highly-active pensioners.

Hilda Spriggett …. Thora Hird
Mildred Emmett …. Avis Bunnage
Emily Holroyd …. Megs Jenkins     
Tommy Preston …. Joe Gladwin

With:  

David Bradshawe
Martyn Read

Producer Edward Taylor

FIrst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1981.

**** This programme is an off-air recording, and so does have a few issues with its technical quality – but we hope you enjoy it anyway.

Never Too Late: Series 1

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Sitcom about a gang of feisty pensioners. Starring Thora Hird.

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