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Dillie's Day

Polish waitress Zofia has a surprise communication from her brother, who is coming to Britain for a short visit.

By Nick Warburton. Trevor Peacock stars as inspirational chef Warwick Hedges who runs an idiosyncratic restaurant in the Cambridgeshire Fens. Polish waitress Zofia has a surprise communication from her brother who is coming to Britain for a short visit.

Director Tracey Neale
Producer Claire Grove

Trevor Peacock is a brilliant character actor best known as the bumbling Jim Trott in The Vicar of Dibley. At 81 he is still at the top of his game appearing alongside Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins and Michael Gambon in Dustin Hoffman's directorial debut film Quartet. Other recent appearances include Much Ado About Nothing at the National Theatre, playing Stephen Fry's father in the TV series Kingdom and four series of On Mardle Fen for R4.

Nick Warburton won the Peter Tinniswood Award for the Best New Play on Radio. His series The Peoples Passion went out to great acclaim last Easter on R4. His afternoon play, Friday When It Rains (TX October), was Radio Times Choice. Nick dramatised Father and Son and The Snow Goose for R4's Classic Serial. His original radio plays include Our Late Supper with Marcia Warren. Other work includes 6 episodes Thrush Green and Moonfleet for Radio 4. Plays for stage and radio include Conversation from the Engine Room, which won the 1985 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ/Radio Times Award, The Messenger for Radio 3, an adaptation of Tolstoy's Resurrection, A Grove of Straight Trees (short-listed for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ/Radio Times Drama Award), and A Soldiers' Debt (entered for the Prix Italia).

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Fri 7 Dec 2012 14:15

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Credits

Role Contributor
Warwick Hedges Trevor Peacock
Jack Hedges Sam Dale
Zofia Helen Longworth
Samuel John Rowe
Bernard Ben Crowe
Writer Nick Warburton

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  • Fri 7 Dec 2012 14:15

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