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Radio 4 Extra,19 Jun 1998,30 mins

Episode 3

In the Chair

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Hack George Cragge is convinced that the minister for information has something to hide. And the BBC Chairman gets implicated... Starring Michael Williams and Barry Foster. Mark Tavener's blackly humorous murder mystery. George Cragge ...... Michael Williams DCI Frank Jefferson ...... Barry Foster Prime Minister ...... Hugh Laurie Crichton-Potter ...... Richard Griffiths Martin McCabe ...... John Bird Charles Prentiss ...... Stephen Fry Marcia Mallon ...... Rebecca Front Jim Hardie ...... Kenneth Cranham Director of Personnel ...... Geoffrey Whitehead Chancellor ...... Simon Greehall John ...... Jonathan Keeble Caroline ...... Susie Brann Max ...... Peter Woodthorpe Michael Salisbury ...... John Rowe Sandra ...... Rachel Atkins Richard ...... Darren Boyd Newsreader ...... Harriet Cass Music by Paul Mottram. Producer: Paul Schlesinger First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.

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