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A duel of words and wit between Geoffrey Wheeler, Ian Carmichael, Clement Freud and Drusilla Beyfus, Eleanor Summerfield, Tricia Madden
Referee Robert Robinson

(Colour)

Contributors

Team captain:
Geoffrey Wheeler
Panellist:
Ian Carmichael
Panellist:
Clement Freud
Team captain:
Drusilla Beyfus
Panellist:
Eleanor Summerfield
Panellist:
Tricia Madden
Referee:
Robert Robinson
Call My Bluff devised by:
Mark Goodson
Call My Bluff devised by:
Bill Todman
Director:
Michael Goodwin
Producer:
T. Leslie Jackson

Adapted for television by John Mortimer and Nesta Pain
In flashes of autobiography, John Mortimer builds up a loving portrait of his father - a blind, irascible lawyer with a huge personality. This memory play is warm and funny and touching.
Mark Dignam as the Father, Ian Richardson as the Son, with Arthur Lowe as the Headmaster, Trevor Bannister as 'Japhet', Daphne Oxenford as the Mother
(Ian Richardson is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company)
In John Mortimer's View: page 7
(Colour)

Contributors

Author/Adapted for televison by:
John Mortimer
Adapted for televison by:
Nesta Pain
Costumes:
Elizabeth Waller
Lighting:
John Treays
Script Editor:
James Brabazon
Designer:
James Weatherup
Producer:
Ronald Travers
Director:
Claude Whatham
The Father:
Mark Dignam
The Son:
Ian Richardson
The Headmaster:
Arthur Lowe
'Japhet':
Trevor Bannister
The Mother:
Daphne Oxenford
Son as a boy:
Timothy Good
Daughter-in-law:
Amanda Murray
Ringer Lean:
George Moon
Iris:
Melanie Wallis
Reigate:
John Lucas
'Ham':
Royston Tickner
Miss Cox:
Yvonne Gilan
Miss Baker:
Janet Hargreaves
Captain Wrothsley:
Ian Cooper
First Judge:
Ernest Hare
A Barrister:
David Morrell
Child:
Tessa Pratt
Child:
Karen Pratt
Child:
Guy Pratt
Woman witness:
Sheila Beckett
Second Judge:
Walter Horsbrugh
Doctor:
Kevin Stoney

BBC Two England

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BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

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