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Saga Of The Snow 1/2

4 Extra Debut. Will the dear ladies' charity card game be disrupted by snowfall? Stars Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket. From June 1979.

Will the dear ladies' charity whist card game be disrupted by snowfall?

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

Brought to you from the genteel setting of the Suffolk village of Stackton Tressel, where the musical duo reside.

Written by Mike Craig, Lawrie Kinsley and Ron McDonnell.

Dame Hilda Bracket ...... Patrick Fyffe
Dr Evadne Hinge ...... George Logan
Maud .... Daphne Heard
Constable Bolsover .... Herbert Smith

Three series ran on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 between 1977 and 1979, with further spin-off seasons on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 2 until 1990.

In the early 1980s, they expanded over to ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ TV with the series Dear Ladies.

Producer: James Casey

First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in June 1979.

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30 minutes

On radio

Saturday 09:00

Broadcasts

  • Saturday 09:00
  • Saturday 14:00
  • Saturday 20:00
  • Sunday 04:00