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Beside the Seaside

Carter and his Uncle enjoy sea air and some miserable memories. Peter Tinniswood's saga with Peter Skellern and Stephen Thorne.

Carter and his Uncle Mort enjoy some sea air and some miserable memories.

Carter Brandon gets a week off work, so he decides to go on day-trips in his car, with his Uncle Mort, 'where the fancy takes them'.

Peter Tinniswood’s continuing tales of Carter Brandon and his curmudgeonly uncle.

Uncle Mort and his Yorkshire based family first appeared in Tinniswood’s novel ‘A Touch Of Daniel’.

In addition to radio adaptations, this earned them a run of four Â鶹Éç TV series of ‘I Didn't Know You Cared’ from 1975 to 1979.

Uncle Mort …. Stephen Thorne
Carter Brandon …. Peter Skellern
Mrs Keanleyside …. Hilda Fennemore
Narrator …. Christian Rodska

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on Â鶹Éç Radio 4 in January 1988.

15 minutes

Last on

Sun 12 Feb 2023 03:45

Broadcasts

  • Fri 18 Sep 2009 11:00
  • Fri 18 Sep 2009 21:00
  • Sat 19 Sep 2009 02:00
  • Wed 15 Feb 2012 14:30
  • Sat 9 Jul 2016 14:45
  • Sun 10 Jul 2016 02:45
  • Mon 27 Aug 2018 11:00
  • Mon 27 Aug 2018 21:00
  • Sat 2 Nov 2019 14:45
  • Sun 3 Nov 2019 02:45
  • Sat 11 Feb 2023 08:45
  • Sat 11 Feb 2023 13:45
  • Sat 11 Feb 2023 19:45
  • Sun 12 Feb 2023 03:45