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12. Flaming Fosdykes

"We're being forced out of business by them flaming Fosdykes." Fire blazes and plotting is afoot. Stars Philip Lowrie. From 1983.

'We're being forced out of business by them flaming Fosdykes'. Fire blazes and plotting's afoot...

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
Roger Ditchley …. Christian Rodska
von Richtofen …. Larry Lamb

With:

Nick Maloney
Nick Revell
Sally Grace
John Dougall
Christopher Barr

Producer: Alan Nixon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1983.

19 days left to listen

15 minutes

Last on

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