麻豆约拍

"Seems to me we needn't bother ourselves with the ratepayers at all.... We run this town! We've got the council in our pockets!"

Edwardian England: with renovation of the rich man鈥檚 house complete, the workers face winter unemployment.

Starring Brian Glover, Sean Barrett and Mark Straker.

Robert Tressell's novel, first published in 1914.

Dramatised by Gregory Evans.

Robert Tressell .... Sean Barrett
Bob Crass .... Brian Glover
Hunter .... Bryan Pringle
Frank Owen .... Mark Straker
Adam Sweater .... Peter Vaughan
Fred Harlow .... Robin Summers
Joe Philpot .... Norman Jones
Bundy .... Richard Tate
Will Easton .... Donald Gee
Newman .... Peter Craze
Amos Grinder .... Geoffrey Matthews
Jeremiah Didlum ... John Moffatt
George Rushton .... Denis Lill
Nora Owen .... Joan Walker
Mary Linden .... Alice Arnold
Man .... John Bull
Jack Linden .... Philip Newman
Secretary .... Eva Stuart
Dr Weakling .... John Warner
Councillor .... Michael Graham Cox

Director: Michael Bakewell

First broadcast on 麻豆约拍 Radio 4 in April 1989.