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Alan Plater - The What on the Landing

4 Extra Debut. Albert Chipchase hears the lavatory chain being pulled, but he should be home alone... Starring Bernard Cribbins. From 1967.

Part of 4 Extra's Bernard Cribbins Day. The actor would have turned 94 on 29th December 2022.

Albert Chipchase hears somebody pull the chain in the lavatory.

Nothing unusual about that, except that his wife is attending her evening class in Elementary Archaeology and he is in the house alone.

Starring Bernard Cribbins,

Written by Alan Plater.

Narrator .... Geoffrey Banks
Albert Chipchase .... Bernard Cribbins
Edna Chipchase .... Catherine Naish
Hodges .... Harold Innocent
Mrs Sprake .... Juliet Cooke
Svenson / Rev Jack Vincent .... Geoffrey Wheeler
Spilsby .... James Beck
Secretary .... Stephanie Turner

Producer: Alfred Bradley

First broadcast on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service in August 1967.

45 minutes

Last on

Fri 30 Dec 2022 02:10
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Broadcasts

  • Thu 29 Dec 2022 07:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 29 Dec 2022 12:10
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 29 Dec 2022 17:20
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 30 Dec 2022 02:10
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra

Bernard Cribbins – A Celebration in Sound

Bernard Cribbins – A Celebration in Sound

Treasures from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ radio archives, starring Bernard Cribbins.