Episode 2
San Francisco, 1976. Mary Ann has a new job and there's afternoon delight for Anna Madrigal and Edgar. Stars Lydia Wilson. From January 2013.
Anna and Edgar share some afternoon delight. Mary Ann loves her new life . She settles into her apartment and job , and there's a surprise visitor for Mona .
It's 1976 - San Francisco . Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City is a portrait of a free and easy era with the drug and sex counter-culture in full swing.
Dramatised by Bryony Lavery and directed by Susan Roberts
Set in 1976 in San Francisco , Tales of the City is the first in a sequence of novels about the denizens of the mythic apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane, Tales is both a sparkling comedy of manners and an indelible portrait of an era that changed the way we live forever.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Anna Madrigal | Kate Harper |
| Mary Ann | Lydia Wilson |
| DeDe | Nancy Crane |
| Mona | Buffy Davis |
| Michael | Jos Slovick |
| Edgar | Lou Hirsch |
| Beauchamp | John Guerrasio |
| Jon | Simon Lee Phillips |
| Director | Susan Roberts |
| Writer | Bryony Lavery |
Broadcasts
Tue 29 Jan 201310:45BBC Radio 4- Tue 29 Jan 201319:45BBC Radio 4
- Tue 2 Jan 201814:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Wed 3 Jan 201802:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
An interview with Armistead Maupin
Armistead Maupin on the influences of Tales of the City and San Francisco in the 1970s.
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