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A Date In September by Alex Ferguson

4 Extra Debut. A schoolteacher sets out on a quest to find the childhood gang of his evacuation days in the Lakes. Stars Colin MacLachlan.

Schoolteacher Brendan Bell decides to turn the clock back 50 years.

He's setting out on a quest to find the childhood gang of his evacuation days in the Lakes.

Starring Colin MacLachlan.

Written by Alex Ferguson

Brendan .... Colin MacLachlan
Marian .... Eileen George
Gary .... John Basham
Chambers .... Adrian Stokes
Patterson .... Norman Mills
Mrs Parker .... Anne Jameson
Sister .... Jean Southern
Drummond .... Art Davies
Vanessa Johnson .... Anne Orwin
Hannah Brady .... Val McLane
Fireman .... David Begg
Lawrence .... Simon Henderson
Nutty .... Catherine Stobbart
Spider .... Darren Watkin
Brengun .... Anthony Morley
Billie Lewthwaite .... Christopher Ashton

Other parts played by members of the cast.

Director: Dave Sheasby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1990

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sun 2 Mar 202501:00
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