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Bank clerk Sam Baker dreams of winning the football pools. But wife Annabel is not too happy. Starring David Roper. From 1979.
Bank clerk Sam Baker is determined to win the football pools.
But he upsets his wife Annabel.
Can he win her round?
Wally K Daly's eight-part sitcom starring David Roper and Sharon Duce.
Sam …… David Roper
Annabel …… Sharon Duce
Rose …… Patsy Rowlands
Bank Manager …… John Horsley
Woman …… Petra Davies
Policeman …… Roland MacLeod
Cyril …… Jon Glover
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1979.
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07:30
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