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                            LOVE ON A BRANCH LINE
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John Hadfield's comic masterpiece, set in the Suffolk countryside, arrives on
television 35 years after it was first published. Michael Maloney plays civil
servant Jasper Pye in what Hadfield calls "a fairly straightforward plot -
someone sophisticated from London goes into the backwoods".

Written by David Nobbs
Produced by Jacqueline Davis
Directed by Martyn Friend

A Theatre of Comedy/D L Taffner UK Ltd/New Penny production for BBCtv (c) 1994
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1. Yes Sir, That's My Baby, 12-Jun-94, 9.10-10.00pm

Jasper Pye is sent to Arcady Hall to report on the long-forgotten government
department housed there.

                    Jasper Pye...............MICHAEL MALONEY
                    Lord Flamborough.........LESLIE PHILLIPS
                    Lady Flamborough............MARIA AITKEN
                    Proffessor Pollux.........GRAHAM CROWDEN
                    Chloe...................CATHRYN HARRISON
                    Belinda...............ABIGAIL CRUTTENDEN
                    Matilda...............CHARLOTTE WILLIAMS
                    Lionel Virley.................DAVID HAIG
                    Quirk......................STEPHEN MOORE
                    Miss Mounsey.................AMANDA ROOT
                    Dimple Potts................MAGGIE WELLS
                    Mr Jones.......................JOE MELIA
                    Miss Tidy..................GILLIAN RAINE
                    Mark Fairweather............PETER BLYTHE
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2. I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight, 19-Jun-94, 8.50-9.40pm

Arcady Hall and its unconventional inhabitants continue to work their magic
on prim and proper civil servant Jasper Pye. But it is thw amorous advances
of "wicked" Belinda, inexperienced Matilda and already married Chloe that
seem certain to make Pye forget his conventional behaviour, his staid
morality and even the reason for his visit.

                    Jasper Pye...............MICHAEL MALONEY
                    Lord Flamborough.........LESLIE PHILLIPS
                    Lady Flamborough............MARIA AITKEN
                    Proffessor Pollux.........GRAHAM CROWDEN
                    Chloe...................CATHRYN HARRISON
                    Belinda...............ABIGAIL CRUTTENDEN
                    Matilda...............CHARLOTTE WILLIAMS
                    Lionel Virley.................DAVID HAIG
                    Quirk......................STEPHEN MOORE
                    Miss Mounsey.................AMANDA ROOT
                    Dimple Potts................MAGGIE WELLS
                    Mr Jones.......................JOE MELIA
                    Miss Tidy..................GILLIAN RAINE
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3. Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby, 26-Jun-94, 9.05-9.55pm

Jasper Pye is urgently needed for the annual village cricket match. But an
unscheduled drinking bout threatens the day's play.

                    Jasper Pye...............MICHAEL MALONEY
                    Lord Flamborough.........LESLIE PHILLIPS
                    Lady Flamborough............MARIA AITKEN
                    Proffessor Pollux.........GRAHAM CROWDEN
                    Belinda...............ABIGAIL CRUTTENDEN
                    Miss Tidy..................GILLIAN RAINE
                    Chloe...................CATHRYN HARRISON
                    Matilda...............CHARLOTTE WILLIAMS
                    Miss Mounsey.................AMANDA ROOT
                    Mark Fairweather............PETER BLYTHE
                    Quirk......................STEPHEN MOORE
                    Lionel Virley.................DAVID HAIG
                    Charley Aspall..............KEN SHARROCK
                    Mr Jones.......................JOE MELIA
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4. Ain't She Sweet, 3-Jul-94, 8.15-9.05pm

The fate of Arcady Hall is sealed by a confession from Miss Mounsey. Jasper
Pye finds the residents are more interested in the approaching village fete.
As he faces the future, a twilight stroll gives the Arcady magic a chance to
work once more.

                    Jasper Pye...............MICHAEL MALONEY
                    Lord Flamborough.........LESLIE PHILLIPS
                    Lady Flamborough............MARIA AITKEN
                    Proffessor Pollux.........GRAHAM CROWDEN
                    Belinda...............ABIGAIL CRUTTENDEN
                    Chloe...................CATHRYN HARRISON
                    Matilda...............CHARLOTTE WILLIAMS
                    Lionel Virley.................DAVID HAIG
                    Quirk......................STEPHEN MOORE
                    Miss Mounsey.................AMANDA ROOT
                    Jones..........................JOE MELIA
                    Miss Tidy..................GILLIAN RAINE
                    Charley Aspall..............KEN SHARROCK
                    Dimple Potts................MAGGIE WELLS
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Stephen Dawson <srd1000@phx.cam.ac.uk>
Updated: 11-Jul-94.
