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Burglar's Bargains

Burglar's Bargains

  • Radio comedy drama
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 1979
  • 1 episode

A gang of robbers attempt a robbery at Harrods. Stars Peter Jones, Donald Hewlett, Lockwood West, Bernard Bresslaw, David Timson and more.

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Key details

Genre
Comedy Drama
Broadcast
1979
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Episodes
1
Stars
Peter Jones, Donald Hewlett, Lockwood West, Bernard Bresslaw, David Timson, John Pullen, Adrian Egan, Elizabeth Rider and more
Writer
Wally K Daly
Director
Martin Jenkins
Company

Trouble abounds when two elderly members of a Prisoners' Aid Society decide to use their unique knowledge to pull off 'the robbery of the century' by looting upmarket department store Harrods. They rapidly find themselves involved with rival gangs, the Mafia and nude shop assistants.

This is the first of Wally K Daly's trilogy of criminal gang capers produced on radio in the style of old British comedy films, along with A Right Royal Rip-Off and The Bigger They Are.

Additional details

Also known as
  • Wally K Daly Trilogy: Burglar's Bargains
  • Saturday-Night Theatre: Burglar's Bargains
Production
Studio

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Saturday 15th December 1979 at 8:30pm on BBC Radio 4
Episode length
90 minutes
All previous repeats
  • Sunday 28th June 2020 at 4:00am on Radio 4 Extra - Episode
  • Saturday 27th June 2020 at 4:00pm on Radio 4 Extra - Episode
  • Saturday 27th June 2020 at 6:00am on Radio 4 Extra - Episode

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