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Radio 4 Extra,19 Sep 2008,30 mins

A Lot of Tulle and a Little Imagination

The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket

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The dear ladies are confident they can organise a Fancy Dress Ball..... Starring Dame Hilda Bracket and her lifelong companion Dr Evadne Hinge. Another extract of life from the genteel setting of the Stackton Tressel - the Suffolk village where the musical duo reside. Written by Gerald Frow. Dame Hilda Bracket ...... Patrick Fyffe Dr Evadne Hinge ...... George Logan Maud .... Daphne Heard With: David Griffin Anthony Sharp Timothy Bateson The ladies made three series for BBC Radio 4 between 1977 and 1979, with further spin-off seasons on BBC Radio 2 until 1990. In the early 1980s, they expanded over to BBC TV with the series Dear Ladies. Producer: John Dyas First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1982.

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