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When Melancholy Autumn Comes to Chester-Perry

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With talk of a Christmas bonus, the buying clerk's generosity knows no bounds, for once. Stars Michael Williams. From 1999.

The promise of a Christmas bonus lifts Bristow's spirits - for once, his generosity knows no bounds.

But then he takes matters into his own hands when it becomes clear that the Chester Perry staff bonus isn't forthcoming.

Michael Williams stars as Bristow

Frank Dickens' sitcom is based on his famous long-running newspaper cartoon strip about the Chester-Perry buying clerk.

Syndicated internationally, it ran for 41 years in London's Evening Standard.

Bristow ...... Michael Williams
Jones ...... Rodney Bewes
Jonathan Quartly ...... Bernard Cribbins
Mrs Purdy ...... Dora Bryan
Hewitt ...... Owen Brenman
Molly ...... Sheila Reid
Rupert Clement ...... Royce Mills
Miss Sunman ...... Katy Odey
Richard Blobb ...... Norman Bird
Miss Golightly ...... Lucy Akhurst
Postboy ...... Simon Schatzberger
Receptionist ...... Zeena Eate

Music composed and performed by John Whitehall.

Producer: Neil Cargill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1999.

30 minutes

Last on

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