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The Tuggses at Ramsgate

Charles Dickens Sketches by Boz - Series 1
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It seems that money cannot buy you love. A comic story starring Nicholas Farrell, Christopher Hancock and Frances Jeater.

The Tuggs family live near London Bridge and run a grocers. But then they hear news of an inheritance and start to get grand ideas.

From a collection of comic tales by Charles Dickens.

Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt

Voice of Boz ...... Nicholas Farrell
Mr Joseph Tuggs ...... Christopher Hancock
Mrs Tuggs. ...... Frances Jeater
Charlotte Tuggs ...... Colleen Prendergast
Simon Tuggs ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Captain Waters ...... Sean Baker
Belinda Waters ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman

Other parts played by the cast.

Director: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1998.

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30 minutes

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Sat 17 Jun 2023 04:30
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