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Mr Larkin's Awkward Day

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Last broadcast on Mon, 25 Jan 2010, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).

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Chris Harrald's play takes a light-hearted look at a chaotic day in the life of an emerging poet.

One morning in September 1957, Philip Larkin receives a very official looking letter which sends him into a spin.

Philip Larkin ...... Adrian Scarborough
Mrs Giddings ..... Anne Reid
Mrs C ...... Lynne Verrall
Inspector Clough ...... Alan Williams
Bob ...... Stephen Critchlow
Roger ...... John Rowe
Shopkeeper ...... Dan Starkey
Mary ...... Helen Longworth
Tom ...... Ben Crowe
Mr Stenning ...... Chris Pavlo.

Broadcasts

  1. Tue 29 Apr 2008
    14:15
  2. Mon 25 Jan 2010
    14:15

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