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My Friend Dornford

Uncle Mort's North CountrySeries 2
Episode 1 of 5

Carter Brandon and his uncle's day trip to see Arthur Scargill's 'twin'. Peter Tinniswood's adventures with Jim Broadbent.

Carter Brandon and his uncle take a day trip to see Arthur Scargill's 'twin'

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
Dornford Scargill …. Jim Broadbent
Narrator …. Christian Rodska

Producer: Pete Atkin.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1989.

15 minutes

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