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Join Nicholas Parsons and guests Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Paul Merton and Arthur Smith at the Edinburgh Festival as they try to talk for a minute without hesitation, repetition or deviation.

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Guest:
Clement Freud
Guest:
Peter Jones
Guest:
Paul Merton
Guest:
Arthur Smith
Producer:
Sarah Smith

The last play in the season is a vintage production from the archives with Donald Wolfit as Archie Rice , a seedy third-rate comic in a tatty twice-nightly seaside show. Set in the 50s and first produced on stage in 1957, the tragedy of Archie Rice mirrors not only a dying music hall, but a dying era.
Adapted by Bennett Maxwell Music by John Addison
Producer H B Fortuin (First broadcast in 1964)

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald Wolfit
Unknown:
Archie Rice
Unknown:
Archie Rice
Adapted By:
Bennett Maxwell
Music By:
John Addison
Producer:
H B Fortuin
Archie Rice:
Donald Wolfit
Billy Rice, his father:
George Merritt
Jean Rice, his daughter:
Jane Wenham
Phoebe Rice, his wife:
Avis Bunnage
Frank Rice, his son:
Andrew Sachs
William Rice, Brother BiS:
Kenneth Hyde
GrahamDodd:
Gabriel Woolf

Twenty-five Years on the Road
Singer-songwriter Harvey Andrews , whose first record was banned by the BBC, has been making melodic social comment for more than a quarter of a century from his base in the Black County. He plays the political and social songs that have struck a chord with his audiences.
Producer Chris Eldon Lee

Contributors

Singer-Songwriter:
Harvey Andrews
Producer:
Chris Eldon Lee

John Buchan's story of high adventure in South America in a new dramatisation by Guy Slater.
The republic of Olifa is rich in minerals - and ripe for revolution.

Contributors

Writer:
John Buchan
Dramatised by:
Guy Slater
Director:
Patrick Rayner
Castor:
Ian McDiarmid
Janet:
Fiona Francis
Archie:
Andrew Wardlaw
Sandy:
Sandy Neilson
Babs:
Lynn Bains
Luis:
Richard Greenwood
Mayakovsky:
Finlay Welsh
Romanes:
Mark Coleman
Hamilton:
Derek Anders

The popular quotation quiz hosted by Nigel Rees. With Victoria Glendinning , Tony Hawks, Helena Kennedy , QC, and Sir David Attenborough. Producer Jon Naismith

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Rees.
Unknown:
Victoria Glendinning
Unknown:
Helena Kennedy
Unknown:
Sir David Attenborough.
Producer:
Jon Naismith

A series of eight stories introduced by Edward de Souza , the Man in Black.
5: Vicious Fish by John Duquemin and Gregor Grice. A giant of the deep demands a human sacrifice ...
Director Martin Jenkins

Contributors

Introduced By:
Edward de Souza
Unknown:
John Duquemin
Unknown:
Gregor Grice.
Director:
Martin Jenkins
George:
John Hollis
Tony , , , ,:
Paul Copley
Sarah:
Ann Windsor
Danny:
Nicholas Murchie

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