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Last broadcast on Sat, 11 Apr 2009, 14:30 on BBC Radio 4.
Synopsis
A new production of the dark comedy by Sir Alan Ayckbourn, to mark the occasion of the playwright's 70th birthday. A career criminal, who has written an autobiography and is now a television celebrity, agrees to participate in a reality TV show filmed at his Mediterranean villa.
Jill Rillington ...... Lisa Dillon
Trudy Parks ...... Janie Dee
Douglas Beechey ...... Alex Jennings
Vic Parks ...... Tim Pigott-Smith
Kenny Collins ...... Damian O'Hare
Sharon ...... Ella Smith
Ruy ...... Alan Shearman
Floor Manager ...... Michael Simkins
David ...... John Baddeley
Film crew ...... Kenneth Danziger, Matthew Wolf
Children ...... Matilda and Alfie Wickham
Directed by Martin Jarvis.
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Broadcast
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Sat 11 Apr 200914:30
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