Guest starring Reginald Marsh as the Managing Director and George A. Cooper as the Shop Steward.[2][4]
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"The Séance"
22 November 1977 (1977-11-22)
18 September 1978 (1978-09-18)
Guest starring Deryck Guyler as Mr Brown and Henry McGee as Archie Cartwright.[2][4]
Production
An original pilot episode was recorded on 19 January 1975, but was never broadcast. Reg Varney and Roy Kinnear starred as the two brothers.[5]
Producer John Dyas had previously worked as producer on the Dad's Army radio series, written by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles and broadcast from 1974 to 1976.[6][7] Sixty-seven episodes of the television series were adapted for radio.[7]
Archival status
Due to the BBC's policy of wiping material after broadcast, only three episodes of the series were kept in the BBC's archives: "Missing Persons", "Shared Interests", and the final episode, "The Séance".[1] However, in 2001, as part of the BBC's Treasure Hunt campaign, Harold Snoad returned copies of the entire series, including the unbroadcast pilot episode, to the BBC's radio department.[1]
Media release
In November 2023, the series was commercially released for the first time, distributed by BBC Digital Audio as a digital audiobook.[8]
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