Excess Baggage is a radio play by Ken Blakeson. It was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 22 February 1988, and won a Giles Cooper Award that same year, despite a controversy that arose when the BBC canceled the customary repeat of the play in response to strong language in the dialogue. The length is 90 minutes[1].
Plot[]
A frank depiction of the lives of army wives.
Cast[]
- Corporal Whittaker - Christopher Quinn
- Q.M. Sergeant - Colin Meredith
- Denny Dennison - Stephen Tomkinson
- Cyn Watson - Samantha Bond
- Dawn Dennison - Sharon Muircroft
- Colonel Ellesworth - Michael Tudor-Barnes
- Bill Burridge - Christian Rodska
- Myra Burridge - Barbara Marten
- Marjorie Ellesworth - Diana Olsen
- Col. Watson/Adjutant/Corporal - Kim Wall
- Johnson - Paul Codman
- 2nd Corporal - Simon Morley
- Cpt. Cranham - Paul Sirr
- Rebecca - Victoria Carling
- Colour Sgt. Brown/Driver - Chris Larner
- Eddie/Angus/Provost Sgt. - Richard Henders
- Wendy - Rachel Griffiths
Directed by Susan Hogg
Critical Reception[]
References[]
- ↑ Best Radio Plays of 1988 Methuen/BBC 1989