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The Burglary

There’s been a burglary. But Nelly’s excited by the insurance money... Stars Mollie Sugden and Patricia Brake. From 1980.

Nelly's been burgled and is shaken up. But she's excited by the prospect of some insurance money...

A Radio 2 series from the early ‘80s starring Mollie Sugden as Nelly, the eponymous mother, and Patricia Brake as her 38 year-old daughter, Beverley, who has never married. The two women live together in Purley, Surrey.

Written by Christopher Sykes.

Nelly …. Mollie Sugden
Beverley …. Patricia Brake
Arthur .... Nicholas Smith
Gerald .... David Tate

Producer: Martin Fisher

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1980.

Release date:

28 minutes

On radio

Tue 3 Feb 202607:00

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