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Perkins can't get a site phone, so his workmates get him a handset and more besides. With Norman Rossington. From February 1987.
Harold Perkins can't get a site phone, so his workmates get him a handset and more besides...
Six anarchic tales from those demob days 'when we was going to build the new Jerusalem - you know, before the world turned lax and sour'.
Written by Ted Walker.
Narrated by Bernard Cribbins.
Big Jim …. Norman Rossington
Harold Perkins …. Roland Curram
Old Ned …. Harold Goodwin
Nimrod …. David John
Turps … Sylvester McCoy
Chick …. David Beckett
Harry …. Steven Harrold
Miss James …. Carol Hawkins
Plonker …. Stephen Garlick
Typist …. Karen Ascoe
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1987.
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