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"I'm sorry Mother. It's just that that's the fourth time you've said you're not feeling at all well in the last hour. The first time I said I was sorry. The second time I asked if there was anything I could do to help. The third time I asked if you wanted me to call the doctor. The fourth time, I'm afraid the only thing I could think of to say was 'Ah'"
- Series
- After Henry
- Broadcast details
- Radio 4, 17 January 1989, 18.30pm
- Medium
- Radio
- Genre
- Radio comedy series
- Director
- Peter Atkin
- Credits
- Simon Brett
- Cast
- Scales, Prunella as Sarah; Sanderson, Joan as Eleanor; Whitrow, Benjamin as Russell; Cowper, Gerry as Clare;
First Thing Last
Alexandra was an actress but now that she is dying she is not prepared to put on a performance for the benefit of the hospital staff-nor for her daughter. She is too old and too tired for farce but she is not prepared to play tragedy either.
- Series
- First Thing Last
- Broadcast details
- Radio 4, 13 February 1989, 20.15pm (75 minutes)
- Production company
- BBC
- Medium
- Radio
- Genre
- Radio drama
- Producer
- Jane Morgan
- Credits
- Aileen La Tourette
- Cast
- Letts, Pauline as Alexandra; Lapotaire, Jane as Simone; Mackie, Joanna as Sister; Kelly, Cara as Nurse; Cumberlidge, Ken as Dr Pope; Travers-Deacon, Clare as Sissy; Kendall, Jo as Cleaner;
Margie
Mrs Harris is 82 and she is finding looking after her mentally-handicapped daughter an increasing struggle. She doesn't think some of the activities at the Day Centre help either. And what's going to happen to Margie when her mother dies?
- Broadcast details
- BBC Radio 4, 15 February 1989, 15.00pm (57 minutes)
- Production company
- BBC Manchester Stereo
- Medium
- Radio
- Genre
- Radio Drama
- Producer
- Tony Cliff
- Credits
- Madeleine Fullerton
- Cast
- Tilbrook, Paula as Mrs Harris; Kershaw, Noreen as Margie; Lowe, Jane as Pat; Codman, Paul as Mr Purdie;
Serial: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
- Series
- The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
- Broadcast details
- BBC, 28 April 1989 15.00pm (60 minutes)
- Production company
- Radio 4
- Medium
- Radio
- Genre
- Drama serial
- Producer
- Michael Bakewell
- Credits
- Gregory evans
- Cast
- Barrett, Sean as Robert Tressell; Glover, Brian as Bob Crass; Pringle, Bryan as Hunter; Straker, Mark as Frank Owen; Vaughan, Peter as Adam Sweater
- Notes
- Dramatised in six 60 minute parts from the novel by Robert Tressell written in 1906
Names
Annie Stephen. Elderly, a widow. Stan Stephen, the husband. Feet. Annie wants them done. That's why she's in hospital...
- Series
- Thirty-Minute Theatre
- Broadcast details
- BBC Radio 4, 23 May 1989, 15:00pm (32 minutes)
- Production company
- BBC Bristol
- Medium
- Radio
- Genre
- Drama series
- Producer
- Andy Jordan
- Credits
- Rosalind Corfe
- Cast
- June Barrie as Annie
Resurrection Day
Christine Curry deserted her husband and daughter 20 years ago. when they hear a radio message that she is in intensive care in hospital, they find it hard to know how to respond.
- Broadcast details
- BBC Radio 4, 18 June 1989, 14.30pm (60 minutes)
- Production company
- BBC Bristol
- Medium
- Radio
- Genre
- Radio Drama
- Producer
- Shaun MacLoughlin
- Credits
- Anita Bronson
- Cast
- Denham, Maurice as Frank; Adshead, Kay as Pamela; Piercey, Jennifer as May; Rodska, Christian as Jeff; Grant, Sheila as Mrs Dawlish; Hewlett, Brian as Announcer; Berry, Julie as Sister; Coveney, Alan as Policeman; Hilton, Andrew as Policeman; Bartlett, David as Boy; Carding, Michael as Boy;
A Small Union
Stanley, once leader of a small cotton workers' union, now spends his days musing on a deserted canal bank.
- Series
- Thirty-Minute Theatre
- Broadcast details
- Radio 4, 6 June 1989, 15.00 (32 minutes)
- Production company
- BBC Bristol
- Medium
- Radio
- Genre
- Drama series
- Producer
- Peter Kavanagh
- Credits
- Peter Tinniswood
- Cast
- Bernard Hill as Stanley; Liz Goulding as Lorna