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The Balloon

Michael Williams plays 1940s radio star Robb Wilton, negotiating the more difficult aspects of charity fundraising in the 1980s.

Robb Wilton (1881 - 1957) was one of the most popular music hall and radio comics of the 1930s and 1940s.

Famed as an all-round pessimist - he's 'back' making as little sense out of life as he did 40 years before

What will he make of 1980s Britain - negotiating the more difficult aspects of charity fundraising?

Starring Michael Williams.

Written by Allen Saddler.

Producer: Brian Miller

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1986.

15 minutes

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Sun 28 Apr 202403:45

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