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The dear ladies struggle to build a flat-pack settee. Stars Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket. From April 1983.

The dear ladies struggle to build a flat-pack settee.

Starring Dame Hilda Bracket and her lifelong companion Dr Evadne Hinge.

Another extract of life from the genteel setting of the Stackton Tressel - the Suffolk village where the musical duo reside.

Written by Gerald Frow.

Dame Hilda Bracket ...... George Logan
Dr Evadne Hinge ...... Patrick Fyffe
Maud ...... Daphne Heard

Special guest: Graham Stark

Music played by Frank Williams.

The ladies made three series for BBC Radio 4 between 1977 and 1979, with further spin-off seasons on BBC Radio 2 until 1990.

In the early 1980s, they expanded over to BBC TV with the series Dear Ladies.

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1983.

30 minutes

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