Afternoon Play - Two-Pipe Problems - The Trusty Valet and the Crusty Butler

By Michael Chaplin, set in The Old Beeches, a retirement home for elderly thespians. Inmates William and Sandy still nurse a certain affectionate animosity towards one another since they starred as Holmes and Watson in a 1960s television series. William and Sandy venture outside the Old Beeches to a movie set, accompanied by the intrepid care assistant Karen, as they take on the world of celluloid. Sandy Boyle ...... Stanley Baxter William Parnes ...... Richard Briers Inspector Bradstreet ...... David Shaw-Parker Karen ...... Tracy Wiles Laura Lyons ...... Ellie Beaven Thaddeus Sholto ...... Lloyd Hutchinson John Barrymore ...... Geoffrey Whitehead Directed by Marilyn Imrie A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4.