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Uncle Mort's North CountrySeries 1
Episode 3 of 5

At the allotment, Carter's uncle sounds off on sunshine, southerners and a smart mutt. With Stephen Thorne and Peter Skellern.

At the allotment, Carter's Uncle Mort sounds off on sunshine, southerners and a smart mutt.

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 BBC TV series of ‘I Didn't Know You Cared’ from 1975 to 1979.

Uncle Mort …. Stephen Thorne
Carter Brandon …. Peter Skellern
Narrator …. Christian Rodska

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1987.

15 minutes

Last on

Sun 29 Jan 202303:45
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