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2. The Laundrette

Episode 2 of 5

In a Midland village, friendship blossoms at a laundrette but will Ma Gaily approve? Stars Patricia Hayes and Sian Phillips.

Friendship blossoms at the village laundrette, but will Ma Gaily approve?

Susan Hill's novel of family ties, friendship and loneliness, set in the small Midland village of Haverstock.

Starring Patricia Hayes, Stephanie Cole, Sian Phillips and Gwen Watford.

Dramatised by Bill Matthews.

Eleanor Thorne .... Patricia Hayes
Alicia Thorne .... Stephanie Cole
Isabel Lavender .... Sian Phillips
Kathleen Lavender .... Jill Graham
Dorothea Shottery .... Gwen Watford
Florence Ames .... Anna Cropper
Hubert Gaily .... John Baddeley
Ma Gaily .... Pauline Letts
Miss Cress .... Jillie Meers
Dr Sparrow .... James Telfer

Adapted by Bill Matthews

Music by Peter Salem

Producer Lissa Evans

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in January 1993

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 10 Dec 2025 01:30
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