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Radio 4 Extra,03 Jul 2001,30 mins

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At Home with the Snails

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Alex moves into the shed at the bottom of the garden and takes his 200 snails with him. He starts to live like a snail and lets them crawl all over him. When a French girl arrives on the scene, Alex falls for her and tries to prove he's normal by eating his pets. Starring Geoffrey Palmer and Gerard Foster. Gerard Foster's surreal sitcom about George, Professor of Symbolics at Oxford, who is desperately trying to write a book. Alex …. Gerard Foster George …. Geoffrey Palmer Beverly …. Angela Thorne Rose …. Miranda Hart Colette …. Magali Domec Producer: Jane Berthoud First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2001.

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