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Tea for Two
Episode 3 of 8
A famous by-election visitor sparks party wars. Adapted from BBC TV, with Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. From 1971.
A famous visitor from the impending by-election sparks political party wars for the rag and bone duo.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett.
Classic sitcom about the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold.
Written for BBC TV and adapted for BBC Radio by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell
Harold ...... Harry H Corbett
With:
John Rye
Edward Kelsey
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1971.
Last on
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