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Getting The Needle

A company-wide cold vaccination scheme gives Jimmy the shivers. Stars Bernard Cribbins and Frank Thornton. From 1989.

A company-wide cold vaccination scheme gives Jimmy the shivers.

Andrew Palmer’s sitcom about the self-made businessman, wheeler-dealer Jimmy Bright [Bernard Cribbins] and his strait-laced chief accountant, Russell Farrow [Frank Thornton]. In this second series, the company – Brightco – has been floated on the stock market, so Russell is more of a stickler for regulations than ever.

Jimmy Bright .... Bernard Cribbins
Russell Farrow .... Frank Thornton
Nan Forbes .... Annette Crosbie
Sue Plant .... Annee Blott
Front-Page Phipps .... David Gooderson
Dr Bates .... Norman Bird

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 2 in June 1989.

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30 minutes

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Sun 16 Nov 2025 10:30

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