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Teacher Andrew Crocker-Harris is on the verge of retirement - and a divorce.

But he has a shot at trying to redeem his dignity when a young schoolboy gives him an unexpected parting gift...

Starring Sir John Gielgud and Angela Baddeley, CBE.

Terence Rattigan’s play was first performed on the London stage in 1948.

Adapted by Cynthia Pughe.

Andrew Crocker-Harris ...... John Gielgud
Millie Crocker-Harris ...... Angela Baddeley
Frank Hunter ...... Brewster Mason
Taplow ...... Anthony Adams
Dr Frobisher ...... Clive Morton
Peter Gilbert ...... Denis Goacher
Mrs Gilbert ...... Anne Cullen
Schoolboy ...... Warren Hearnden

Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan, CBE (1911–1977) is remembered as a theatre heavyweight for dramas about the middle and upper-classes, including The Winslow Boy, The Deep Blue Sea and Separate Tables.

Angela Baddeley is best remembered as the cook Mrs Bridges in ITV's period drama Upstairs, Downstairs.

Director: Norman Wright

First broadcast on the Â鶹Éç Home Service in September 1957.

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