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The Great Snitcher

Tales From the Backbench by Peter Tinniswood Series 1
Episode 4 of 4

An MP's unreliable memories hark back to an attempted seduction by a Russian spy. Peter Tinniswood comedy with Leslie Phillips.

Ineffectual and forgetful MP, Sir Plympton Makepeace recalls his one great hero - and his own dalliance with a Russian spy whose antecedents were definitely not Soviet...

Starring Leslie Phillips.

Written by Peter Tinniswood.

Producer: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in February 2001.

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15 minutes

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  • Thu 2 Feb 2012 14:30
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