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Beside the Seaside

Uncle Mort's North CountrySeries 1
Episode 5 of 5

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 BBC 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 BBC Radio 4 in January 1988.

15 minutes

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Sun 12 Feb 202303:45
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