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by Victor Canning, adapted by Andy and Eric Merriman.
Richard Griffiths stars as Edgar Finchley, the shy solicitor's clerk who has travelled to 1930s Paris for the first time. In the third episode, he hears a confession, counsels his client and is taken for a ride. Narrated by James Villiers.
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Contributors

Author:
Victor Canning
Adapted by:
Andy Merriman
Adapted by:
Eric Merriman
Edgar Finchley:
Richard Griffiths
Narrator:
James Villiers
Mr Hammerton:
Nicky Henson
Michel:
Jeffrey Holland
Jerome Giraud:
Simon Roberts
Lawrence Hume:
Piers Gibbon
Marie Peters:
Serena Evans
Robert Gillespie:
James Cohen
Gaston:
David Howarth

Michael Alexander reveals some secrets of the Hollywood sound stages as he investigates the "voices behind the stars", featuring Anita Ellis , Marni Nixon ,
Nan Wynn , Al Jolson , Allan Jones , Andy Williams and many more.
Producer Roy Oakshott

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Alexander
Unknown:
Anita Ellis
Unknown:
Marni Nixon
Unknown:
Nan Wynn
Unknown:
Al Jolson
Unknown:
Allan Jones
Unknown:
Andy Williams
Producer:
Roy Oakshott

The second of four programmes in which Dave Gelly delves into the archives of the popular music press to find out what was being said at the time about future legends and long-forgotten crazes, the hot topics in the letters columns, the unbelievable prices in the adverts - all tied together with evocative music. Tonight, the music includes Louis Armstrong ,
Mel Torme and the Goons - and what was bandleader
Geraldo doing on the liner Queen Mary in 1948? An Encore Radio production

Contributors

Unknown:
Dave Gelly
Unknown:
Louis Armstrong
Unknown:
Mel Torme

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