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The Great Escape
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Carter and his Uncle Mort are chuffed to find a miserable home from home. Peter Tinniswood's adventures with Stephen Thorne.
Carter Brandon and his uncle are chuffed to find a miserable home from home.
Peter Tinniswood’s continuing tales of long-suffering Carter Brandon and his curmudgeonly uncle.
Uncle Mort …. Stephen Thorne
Carter Brandon …. Sam Kelly
Barmaid …. Liz Goulding
Bernard Torpington …. Christopher Good
Narrator …. Christian Rodska
Uncle Mort and his Yorkshire based family first appeared in Tinniswood’s novel ‘A Touch Of Daniel’ which earned them a run of ‘I Didn't Know You Cared’ on BBC TV in four series from 1975 to 1979.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1990.
Last on
Sat 2 Dec 202313:45
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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