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4 Extra Debut. 1981, San Francisco. In a tricky drug and sex counter-culture, landlady Anna Madrigal is there for her tenants. Stars Kate Harper. From July 2014.

Armistead Maupin's Further Tales of the City - the third in his novel sequence Tales of the City , dramatised by Bryony Lavery . Set in San Francisco in 1981 giving a portrait of a free and easy era with the drug and sex counter-culture in full swing.

Landlady Anna Madrigal of 28 Barbary Lane is taking care of her tenants as they find their sometimes tricky way through love, work and fun and set out in a new era - the eighties.

Directed in Salford by Susan Roberts.

15 minutes

Last on

Tue 16 Jan 2018 02:30

Credits

Role Contributor
Mary Ann Laurel Lefkow
Madrigal Kate Harper
Michael Jos Slovick
Brian Simon Lee Phillips
Prue Lorelei King
Bambi Lorelei King
Frannie Bernice Stegers
Emma Ginny Holder
Luke Kerry Shale
Larry Kerry Shale
Ned Louis Labovitch
Director Susan Roberts
Adaptor Bryony Lavery
Author Armistead Maupin

Broadcasts

  • Mon 7 Jul 2014 10:45
  • Mon 7 Jul 2014 19:45
  • Mon 15 Jan 2018 14:30
  • Tue 16 Jan 2018 02:30

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