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The Winter of Discontent
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There’s trouble up north when workers in Wigan demand London Weighting. Stars Bernard Cribbins and Frank Thornton. From 1989.
There’s trouble up north when workers in Wigan demand London Weighting.
Starring Bernard Cribbins and Frank Thornton.
Andrew Palmer’s sitcom about the battles of wheeler-dealer and self-made tycoon, Jimmy Bright and his strait-laced chief accountant, Russell Farrow.
Jimmy Bright .... Bernard Cribbins
Russell Farrow .... Frank Thornton
Nan Forbes .... Annette Crosbie
Pedder .... Kenneth Connor
Double-Glazing Installer .... Joe Dunlop
Sue Plant .... Annee Blott
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 2 in May 1989.
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