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Radio 4 Extra,19 Dec 1996,60 mins
Potted History by Andrew Dallmeyer
Available for 29 days
Eccentric Ruben Chomsky has invented an incredible device to listen to sounds captured on ancient pottery when it was first thrown on the wheel. Now he needs the help of someone to ‘acquire’ some from his local museum... Written by Andrew Dallmeyer. Anna Hewison .... Irene MacDougall Ruben Chomsky ....Tom Watson Patrick Selby-Wright .... Crawford Logan ‘Alice’ .... Michael Perceval-Maxwell Mr Butterfield .... John Buick Voices on the pottery: Eliza Langland John Ramage Ann-Louise Ross . Directed at BBC Edinburgh by Finlay Welsh. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1996.
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