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Radio 4 Extra,31 Oct 1970,90 mins

Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh

Available for 29 days

Time: 1928. Place: mainly London. The decadent exploits of the Bright Young Things of the late 1920s. The artistic socialites of a world that was to vanish before the Second World War. Starring John Standing, Lynn Redgrave and Anna Croppe. Evelyn Waugh satirical novel, first published in 1930. Dramatised by Barry Campbell. Adam ... John Standing Agatha Runciple ... Lynn Redgrave Nina ... Anna Cropper Lottie ... Julia Lang Mrs Ape ... Margaret Robertson Drunken Major ... Alan Lawrance Lord Balcairn ... Ian Lubbock Colonel Blount ... Anthony Jacobs Social editress ... Grizelda Hervey Ginger Littlejohn ... Sean Arnold Mrs Florin ... Lynn Carson Benfleet, a publisher ... Leo Maguire Matron ... Diana Robson Customs Chief/Judge ... Malcolm Hayes Mr. Brown - Prime Minister ... Gerald Cross Mrs. Brown ... Pauline Wynn Miles Malpractice ... Richard Griffiths Margot Metroland ... Carol Boyer Faith ... Patricia Gallimore Chastity ... Elizabeth Morgan all other parts by members of the cast Producer: RD Smith First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1970.

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