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Can literary agent Frederick Frensic find the author of the steamy bestseller before it’s too late? Stars Mark Heap. From 2005.

Can literary agent Frederick Frensic find the author of the steamy bestseller before it’s too late?

It all seemed so easy: a little mild deception to land a $20,000,000 publishing contract.

Riots, arson, death and destruction weren't supposed to be part of the deal.

Frederick is out of his depth

Tom Sharpe's anarchic satire of the world of publishing.

Dramatised by Ryan Craig.

Frederick Frensic .... Mark Heap
Peter Piper ..... Adam Godley
Sonia Futtle .... Laurel Lefkow
Hutchmeyer .... John Guerrasio
Baby Hutchmeyer .... Sandra Dickinson
Cynthia Bogden …. Susan Jameson
Dr Loathe …. Susan Engel
Geoffrey Corkadale …. Nicholas Boulton

Director: Toby Swift

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.

30 minutes

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