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A Pill a Day Keeps the Doctor at Work

Dorothy seeks medical help when Edward becomes unbearable. With Betty Marsden and Hugh Paddick. From January 1979.

Dorothy seeks out medical help when Edward becomes unbearable.

Dorothy and Edward Atkinson are Sidcup's premier warring couple with a marriage to challenge even the most determined of counsellors.

Hugh Paddick and Betty Marsden star in Barry Pilton's marital mayhem sitcom.

Edward ...... Hugh Paddick
Dorothy ...... Betty Marsden

With:

Alison Steadman
Richard Pearson

After notching up multiple Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ radio series together of 'Beyond Our Ken' and 'Round The Horne' - most memorably as ageing juvenile Binkie Huckaback and Dame Celia Molestrangler - Hugh and Betty were reunited on-air, almost a decade later in 'The 27 Year Itch'.

Producer: Geoffrey Perkins

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in January 1979.

30 minutes

Last on

Sun 28 Jan 2024 04:30

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