Alarms and Excursions
There's a dramatic turn of events when a letter arrives from an attorney. Stars Simon Cadell, Freddie Jones and Philip Bond.
'I will follow him. How do we know when he is deceiving? He deceived a worthy man once and we were the innocent cause. He shall not do it again, if I can help it.'
Mr Pickwick is determined to expose Alfred Jingle as the rascal he is, but he can be an elusive gentleman.
Charles Dickens 1837 novel dramatised in eight parts by Barry Campbell and Constance Cox.
Charles Dickens ..... Simon Cadell
Mr Pickwick ... Freddie Jones
Mr Winkle .... Philip Bond
Mr Tupman ..... Michael Graham Cox
Mr Snodgrass .... Stephen Thorne
Sam Weller ... Douglas Livingstone
Job Trotter ...Tim Wylton
Captain Boldwig ... Michael Goldie
Mrs Bardell ... Elizabeth Spriggs
Tommy Bardell .... Heather Bell
Joe .... Michael Troughton
Mr Dodson ... John Gabriel
Mr Fogg ... Michael Tudor Barnes
Mr Jackson ....Peter Wickham
Mr Wicks... Tom Owen
Tony Weller ... John Hollis
Miss Tompkins ...Joan Matheson
Miss Gwyn .... Brenda Kaye
Mr Wardle .... Jack May
Cook ... Jane Knowles
Miss Smethers ... Elizabeth Bell
Goodwin ...Mary Elliott Nelson
Martin ... William Eadle
Hunt .... Kenneth Shanley
Laundress.... Gladys Spencer
Director: Jane Morgan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977.
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