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1. New Horizons

'One more mouth to feed! That settles it. We're going.' The fortunes of the Fosdykes. Tripe saga with Philip Lowrie. From 1983.

'One more mouth to feed! That settles it. We're going.'

Lancashire, 1902: Will the luck of the Fosdyke family ever take a turn for the better?

A classic tale of struggle, power, personalities and tripe.

Bill Tidy and John Junkin's family saga - based on Tidy's Daily Mirror cartoon strip (1971-1985) parodying John Galsworthy's 'The Forsyte Saga' novels.

Jos Fosdyke ...... Philip Lowrie
Victoria Fosdyke ...... Miriam Margolyes
Tom Fosdyke ...... David Threlfall
Albert Fosdyke ...... Enn Reitel
Roger Ditchley ...... Christian Rodska
Ben Ditchley ...... Colin Douglas

Other parts played by:

Douglas Blackwell
Christopher Barr
Sally Grace
john Junkin

Producer: Alan Nixon

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in October 1983.

15 minutes

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