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I Sing the Body Electric
Episode 5 of 6
When a young mother dies, she is replaced by a Mark V 110-volt AC/DC Electrical Grandmother. What else? Stars Joanna Tope.
When a young mother dies, she's replaced by a 'Mk V, 110 volt, AC/DC, Electric Grandmother'.
What else?
Ray Bradbury introduces his own thought-provoking tale.
Dramatised by Catherine Czerkawska.
Tom …. David Jarvis
Father …. Angus McInnes
Agatha …. Buffy Davis
Timothy …. Colin Scott Moncrieff
The Mk V, AC/DC, Electric Grandmother …. Joanna Tope
Directed in Edinburgh by Hamish Wilson.
First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in January 1996.
Last on
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