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3. Taking Charge

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Will Mr Beluncle manage to avert financial ruin when he's left in sole-charge of the business? Stars Freddie Jones.

Will Mr Beluncle try to avert financial ruin when he's left in charge of the business?

VS Pritchett's satirical novel - set in London's suburbs of the late 1920s.

Linda Truslove has taken her sister Judy Dykes to Bexhill to get away from the Church of the Last Purification and the supposed 'miracle' of being able to walk again.

This leaves Mr Beluncle in sole charge of Bulux.

Starring Freddie Jones.

Dramatised by Frederick Bradnum.

Philip Beluncle .... Freddie Jones
Ethel Beluncle .... Rosemary Leach
Linda Truslove .... Phyllida Nash
Mr Phibbs .... Alfred Burke
Henry .... Stephen Tompkinson
George .... Joseph Wright
Leslie .... Richard Pearce
Grandma .... Gladys Spencer
Mary Phibbs .... Victoria Carling
Kitty Wix .... Zelah Clarke
Mr Chilly ... Paul Sirr
Miss Vanner .... Karen Archer
Fishmonger .... Michael Tudor Barnes
Shop assistant .... Stephen Rashbrook

Music composed by Terence Albright

Director Glyn Dearman

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in November 1987.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 18 Feb 2023 01:00

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