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San Francisco, 1976. Mary Ann has a new job and there's afternoon delight for Anna Madrigal and Edgar. Stars Lydia Wilson. From January 2013.

Anna and Edgar share some afternoon delight. Mary Ann loves her new life . She settles into her apartment and job , and there's a surprise visitor for Mona .

It's 1976 - San Francisco . Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City is a portrait of a free and easy era with the drug and sex counter-culture in full swing.

Dramatised by Bryony Lavery and directed by Susan Roberts

Set in 1976 in San Francisco , Tales of the City is the first in a sequence of novels about the denizens of the mythic apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane, Tales is both a sparkling comedy of manners and an indelible portrait of an era that changed the way we live forever.

15 minutes

Last on

Wed 3 Jan 2018 02:30

Credits

Role Contributor
Anna Madrigal Kate Harper
Mary Ann Lydia Wilson
DeDe Nancy Crane
Mona Buffy Davis
Michael Jos Slovick
Edgar Lou Hirsch
Beauchamp John Guerrasio
Jon Simon Lee Phillips
Director Susan Roberts
Writer Bryony Lavery

Broadcasts

  • Tue 29 Jan 2013 10:45
  • Tue 29 Jan 2013 19:45
  • Tue 2 Jan 2018 14:30
  • Wed 3 Jan 2018 02:30

An interview with Armistead Maupin

Armistead Maupin on the influences of Tales of the City and San Francisco in the 1970s.

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