Bbc radio 4 fm 24 august 1981 8 45.
Tales from the long room robin bailey.
Tales from a long room.
Tales of the mcc trip to the belgian congo the promising early batting career.
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Cut short by more pressing duties of the late queen victoria and the legendary mendip hughes the one legged off spinner are hilarious but the real treasure lies in the beautiful imagery brought to mind of an england long past of tea and scones sunday cricket summer meadows and the clink of hipflask.
Tales from a long room recounts various cricketing adventures and episodes in the brigadiers colourful past.
Tales from a long room recounts various cricketing adventures and episodes in the brigadiers colourful past.
The brigadier 15 episodes 1980 1985.
Adapted for the bbc from his novels the programme ran until 1979 and featured liz smith robin bailey john comer and stephen rea.
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Bailey continued to play uncle mort in a series of radio programmes.
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By peter tinniswood five stories read by robin bailey 1.
Robin bailey reads the first of five stories from peter tinniswood s cricket tales.
Cut short by more pressing duties of the late queen victoria and the legendary mendip hughes the one legged off spinner are hilarious but the real treasure lies in the beautiful imagery brought to mind of an england long past of tea and scones sunday cricket summer meadows and the clink of hipflask.
Peter tinniswood tales from a long roomseries 1 episode 1 of 5 had queen victoria become a test cricketer would there still be a british empire.
In 1980 the bbc produced a series based on other tinniswood books featuring the character the brigadier an erstwhile cricketer and over the top raconteur played by robin bailey.
Cut short by more pressing duties of the late queen victoria and the legendary mendip hughes the one legged off spinner are hilarious but the real treasure lies in the beautiful imagery brought to mind of an england long past of tea and scones sunday cricket summer meadows and the clink of hipflask.
Our own dear queen.
Tales of the mcc trip to the belgian congo the promising early batting career.
Bailey also collaborated with tinniswood on the television and radio series tales from a long room playing the brigadier an eccentric cricket lover with a fund of extraordinary tales about the game and its players.
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Our own dear queen producer tony cliff bbc manchester robin bailey is in i quartermame s terms at the queen s theatre london contributors.
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Tales from a long room recounts various cricketing adventures and episodes in the brigadiers colourful past.
Tales from a long room.
