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The dear ladies try to save the Mayor's cricket pavilion. Stars Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket. From April 1982.

The dear ladies try to save the Mayor's cricket pavilion.

Starring Dame Hilda Bracket and her lifelong companion Dr Evadne Hinge.

Another extract of life from the genteel setting of Stackton Tressel - the Suffolk village where the musical duo reside.

Written by Gerald Frow.

Dame Hilda Bracket ...... Patrick Fyffe
Dr Evadne Hinge ...... George Logan
Maud .... Daphne Heard

With David Griffin and Anthony Sharp.

The ladies made three series for BBC Radio 4 between 1977 and 1979, with further spin-off seasons on BBC Radio 2 until 1990.

In the early 1980s, they expanded over to BBC TV with the series Dear Ladies.

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1982.

30 minutes

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