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Mary Ann returns to San Francisco to join the vigil at Mrs Madrigal's bedside. Stars Laurel Lefkow and Kate Harper. From May 2016.

Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin

Episode Five

Mary Ann returns to San Francisco to join the vigil at Mrs Madrigal's bedside. Shawna makes a decision about her move to New York.

Dramatised by Lin Coghlan
Producer Susan Roberts
Director Charlotte Riches

For more than three decades, Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City series has blazed its own trail through popular culture-from ground-breaking newspaper serial to classic novel. Radio 4 are dramatising the full series of the Tales novels for the very first time. Michael Tolliver Lives continues the adventures of Armistead's well-loved characters, followed by Mary Ann in Autumn.

15 minutes

Last on

Sat 10 Feb 2018 02:30

Credits

Role Contributor
Mrs Madrigal Kate Harper
Michael Trevor White
Ben Martin Sherman
Brian Simon Lee Phillips
Mary Ann Laurel Lefkow
Shawna Suzie Grimsdick
Irwin James Lailey
Director Charlotte Riches
Producer Susan Roberts
Adaptor Lin Coghlan
Author Armistead Maupin

Broadcasts

  • Fri 20 May 2016 10:45
  • Fri 20 May 2016 19:45
  • Fri 9 Feb 2018 14:30
  • Sat 10 Feb 2018 02:30

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Armistead Maupin on the influences of Tales of the City and San Francisco in the 1970s.

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