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Michael helps Mrs Madrigal to find a new companion. Brian's goodbye gesture to Shawna goes badly wrong. Stars Trevor White. From May 2016.

Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin

Episode Three

Michael helps Mrs Madrigal to find a new companion. Brian's goodbye gesture to Shawna goes badly wrong.

Dramatised by Lin Coghlan
Producer Susan Roberts
Director Charlotte Riches

For more than three decades, Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City series has blazed its own trail through popular culture-from ground-breaking newspaper serial to classic novel. Radio 4 are dramatising the full series of the Tales novels for the very first time. Michael Tolliver Lives continues the adventures of Armistead's well-loved characters, followed by Mary Anne in Autumn.

15 minutes

Last on

Thu 8 Feb 2018 02:30

Credits

Role Contributor
Mrs Madrigal Kate Harper
Michael Trevor White
Ben Martin Sherman
Brian Simon Lee Phillips
Jake Fox Fisher
Mama Joyce Springer
Irwin James Lailey
Lenore Nicola Ferguson
Director Charlotte Riches
Producer Susan Roberts
Adaptor Lin Coghlan
Author Armistead Maupin

Broadcasts

  • Wed 18 May 2016 10:41
  • Wed 18 May 2016 19:45
  • Wed 7 Feb 2018 14:30
  • Thu 8 Feb 2018 02:30

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