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Midnight... Albert Bridge. Two strangers want to end it all. Instead a bargain is struck. Stars Lia Williams and Jon Strickland.

Alan Ayckbourn’s epic two part dark comedy of passion and payback. First performed on stage in Scarborough in 1989, it then transferred to the West End in 1991.

Two strangers meet on Albert Bridge, intent on committing suicide. But a bargain is struck to exact revenge on behalf of the other.

Adapted for radio by Richard Wigmore.

Karen Knightly …. Lia Williams
Henry Bell …. Jon Strickland
Imogen …. Barbara Flynn
Oliver Knightly …. Adam Godley
Bruce Tick …. Jeff Shankely
Colonel Marcus Lipscott …. Jack May
Winnie …. Jenny Howe
Anthony Staxton-Billing …. George Parsons
Percy Cutting …. Malcolm Ward
Norma …. Deborah Berlin
Lady Ganton …. Margaret John
Lydia/Hilary Tick …. Natasha Pyne
Tracey Willingforth …. Susannah Corbett

Director: Gordon House

First broadcast on BBC World Service in January 1995.

1 hour, 30 minutes

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