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Episode 3
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Edgar Finchley gets locked up, wins an unlikely prize and hits the wrong note with an army band. Stars Richard Griffiths.
Edgar Finchley gets captured, wins an unlikely prize and hits the wrong note with an army band.
Victor Canning's novel about the adventures of a man and his horse-drawn caravan touring the 1930s countryside of Kent.
Richard Griffiths stars as Mr Finchley.
With Ronald Fraser as Colonel Greatorex, Joe Melia as Marshall, Chris Emmett as Garge, Jon Glover as Ernie and Susie Brann as the Young Woman.
Narrated by James Villiers.
Adapted in six parts by Andy and Eric Merriman.
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on ±«Óãtv Radio 2 in April 1993.
Last on
Mon 25 Jan 2021
19:30
±«Óãtv Radio 4 Extra
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