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Michael Williams stars as 1940s radio star Robb Wilton. Can the eternal pessimist solve an unusual problem in 1986?
Robb Wilton (1881-1957) was one of the most popular music hall and radio comics of the 1930s and 1940s.
Famed as an all-round pessimist - what would he have made of 1980s Britain - trying to solve an unusual problem?
Michael Williams stars as Robb Wilton - making as little sense out of life as he did 40 years before...
Written by Allen Saddler.
Producer: Brian Miller
First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in September 1986.
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