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1. When the Sap Is Rising

The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket Series 2
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The dear ladies swallow the consequences of home-made wine. Stars Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket. From 1983.

Dame Hilda and Dr Evadne swallow the consequences of home-made wine.

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

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

Written by Gerald Frow.

Dame Hilda Bracket ...... George Logan
Dr Evadne Hinge ...... Patrick Fyffe
Tom ...... David Griffin
Maud ...... Daphne Heard
Major Dyrenforth ...... 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 1983.

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