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Radio 4 Extra,24 Dec 1992,58 mins

The Lintel by Albert Welling

Available for 8 days

Their tree is up (albeit the lights don't work), an open fire blazing in the inglenook fireplace, no TV and carols on the tape machine. Howard and Vicky are looking forward to the perfect Christmas in their country cottage, when their idyll is interrupted… "Timeslip drama" written by Albert Welling. It's set on a cold, snowy Christmas Day, now and a century ago. Howard .... Steve Hodson Vicky....Marian Diamond Joseph....Jeremy Spriggs Mary....Federay Holmes Director Jane Morgan. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992. *** Fondly remembered for his role in Yorkshire TV's Follyfoot for ITV - Steve Hodson sadly died aged 77 in February 2025.

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