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Michael helps Mrs Madrigal to find a new companion. Brian's goodbye gesture to Shawna goes badly wrong. Stars Trevor White. From May 2016.

Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin

Episode Three

Michael helps Mrs Madrigal to find a new companion. Brian's goodbye gesture to Shawna goes badly wrong.

Dramatised by Lin Coghlan
Producer Susan Roberts
Director Charlotte Riches

For more than three decades, Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City series has blazed its own trail through popular culture-from ground-breaking newspaper serial to classic novel. Radio 4 are dramatising the full series of the Tales novels for the very first time. Michael Tolliver Lives continues the adventures of Armistead's well-loved characters, followed by Mary Anne in Autumn.

15 minutes

Credits

RoleContributor
Mrs MadrigalKate Harper
MichaelTrevor White
BenMartin Sherman
BrianSimon Lee Phillips
JakeFox Fisher
MamaJoyce Springer
IrwinJames Lailey
LenoreNicola Ferguson
DirectorCharlotte Riches
ProducerSusan Roberts
AdaptorLin Coghlan
AuthorArmistead Maupin

Broadcasts

  • Wed 18 May 201610:41
  • Wed 18 May 201619:45
  • Wed 7 Feb 201814:30
  • Thu 8 Feb 201802:30

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