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4 Extra Debut. 1981, San Francisco. In a tricky drug and sex counter-culture, landlady Anna Madrigal is there for her tenants. Stars Kate Harper. From July 2014.
Armistead Maupin's Further Tales of the City - the third in his novel sequence Tales of the City , dramatised by Bryony Lavery . Set in San Francisco in 1981 giving a portrait of a free and easy era with the drug and sex counter-culture in full swing.
Landlady Anna Madrigal of 28 Barbary Lane is taking care of her tenants as they find their sometimes tricky way through love, work and fun and set out in a new era - the eighties.
Directed in Salford by Susan Roberts.
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Duration: 00:40
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Mary Ann | Laurel Lefkow |
| Madrigal | Kate Harper |
| Michael | Jos Slovick |
| Brian | Simon Lee Phillips |
| Prue | Lorelei King |
| Bambi | Lorelei King |
| Frannie | Bernice Stegers |
| Emma | Ginny Holder |
| Luke | Kerry Shale |
| Larry | Kerry Shale |
| Ned | Louis Labovitch |
| Director | Susan Roberts |
| Adaptor | Bryony Lavery |
| Author | Armistead Maupin |
Broadcasts
Mon 7 Jul 201410:45BBC Radio 4- Mon 7 Jul 201419:45BBC Radio 4
- Mon 15 Jan 201814:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Tue 16 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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