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The Bookseller

Episode 1 of 5

London bookseller, Mr Buggage and secretary, Miss Tottle hatch an ingenious way to make money. Stars Toby Jones and Celia Imrie.

Mr Buggage and his secretary Miss Tottle are hard at work in the back room of his book shop in London's Charing Cross Road.

It soon becomes clear that they are running a most successful business - but the fortune they are amassing is not from the sale of books.

Charles Dance leads the cast as the urbane Storyteller in five classic tales by Roald Dahl.

Bizarre and amusing by turns, these dark comedies are justly famous for their surprise endings, and for their rogues gallery of crooks, cheats and schemers.

Dramatised by Stephen Sheridan

The Storyteller 鈥�. Charles Dance
Mr Buggage 鈥�. Toby Jones
Miss Tottle 鈥�. Celia Imrie
Mrs Northcote 鈥�. Jean Trend
Mr Northcote 鈥�. Richard Attlee

Director: David Blount

A Pier production for 91热爆 Radio 4 first broadcast in July 2016.

15 minutes

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Mon 28 Jun 2021 00:45
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Credits

Storyteller Charles Dance
Mr Buggage Toby Jones
Miss Tottle Celia Imrie
Mrs Northcote Jean Trend
Mr Northcote Richard Attlee
Author Roald Dahl
Adaptor Stephen Sheridan
Director David Blount

Broadcasts

  • Mon 4 Jul 2016 10:45
    91热爆 Radio 4
  • Mon 4 Jul 2016 19:45
    91热爆 Radio 4
  • Mon 14 Jan 2019 18:00
    91热爆 Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 15 Jan 2019 00:00
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  • Sun 27 Jun 2021 18:45
    91热爆 Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 28 Jun 2021 00:45
    91热爆 Radio 4 Extra

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