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Michael Chaplin

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  1. The Day of the Sardine: Being Dad

    Editor's note: First published in 1961 to much acclaim, The Day of the Sardine is the story of Arthur Haggerston a school-leaver with zero educational qualifications, an absentee father, a mother who gives him a hard time, and a home in a slum-clearance area of Newcastle. Written by Sid Chaplin ...

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  2. Afternoon Play: Two Pipe Problem - Here Doggie

    Editor's note: Anne Reid and Honor Blackman join Richard Briers and Stanley Baxter in this latest Two Pipe Problem, the detective-comedy-drama set in a retirement home for the theatrical profession. Michael Chaplin, the creator and writer of Two Pipe Problem takes us back to the very beginning. ...

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