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A band of inept revolutionaries in a London squat are trying to court the IRA while Alice is homemaking. Stars Olivia Vinall.

Alice and Jasper move into a new squat with other members of the Communist Centre Union. While Alice puts her energies into making the house habitable, the other revolutionaries are busy trying to court the IRA.

Nobel laureate Doris Lessing's 1985 satire about a band of incompetent, bourgeois revolutionaries living in a London squat.

Starring Olivia Vinall, Joe Armstrong and Sian Thomas.

Omnibus of the first five of ten episodes.

Alice ...... Olivia Vinall
Jasper ...... Joe Armstrong
Jim ...... Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Bert ...... Ralph Davis
Pat ...... Isabella Inchbald
Mary ...... Kath Weare
Dorothy ...... Sian Thomas
Cedric ...... Neil McCaul
Teresa ...... Sudha Bhuchar
Receptionist ...... Abbie Andrews

Dramatised by Sarah Daniels.

Director: Emma Harding.

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in 2018.

1 hour, 15 minutes

Last on

Mon 21 Oct 2019 01:00
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  • Sun 20 Oct 2019 06:00
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  • Sun 20 Oct 2019 13:00
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  • Mon 21 Oct 2019 01:00
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