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The Wasps' Nest
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The search for enemies leads to love triumphing over fire. Civil War comedy with Joss Ackland. From November 1990.
The search for enemies leads to love triumphing over fire.
Sue Limb's six-part comedy set during the English Civil War.
Sir John Firebasket .... Joss Ackland
Lady Anne Firebasket .... Denise Coffey
Tobias Thynne .... Clive Merrison
Mercy, alias Melissa .... Miriam Margolyes
Father Francis .... Nickolas Grace
Slow Ned .... Chris Emmett
Gazebo Fogg .... Jack Klaff
Posthumous .... Nicky Henson
Counter Tenor .... Peter Hayward
Captain Arise Higgs .... Alun Armstrong
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in November 1990.
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