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11. Blackmail

"He's blackmailing me. We're done for!" Roger Ditchley starts menacing the Fosdyke family. Stars Christian Rodska. From 1983.

"He's blackmailing me. We're done for!" Roger Ditchley starts menacing the Fosdyke family.

A classic tale of struggle, power, personalities and tripe.

Bill Tidy and John Junkin's family saga - based on Tidy's Daily Mirror cartoon strip [1971-1985] parodying John Galsworthy's 'The Forsyte Saga' novels.

Rebecca Fosdyke …. Stephanie Turner
Josiah Fosdyke …. Philip Lowrie
Victoria Fosdyke …. Miriam Margolyes
Tom Fosdyke …. David Threlfall
Albert Fosdyke …. Enn Reitel
Roger Ditchley …. Christian Rodska
von Richtofen …. Larry Lamb

With:

Trevor Cooper
David English
Nick Maloney
Nick Revell

Producer: Alan Nixon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1983.

12 days left to listen

15 minutes

Last on

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