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The Best of Friends by JCW Brook

4 Extra Debut. Bill and John’s life-long friendship is as twisted as it ever was. But it won’t last. Stars Gordon Reid.

Bill and John were schoolfriends.

Bill was always domineering, extrovert and aggressive, John the reverse.

Their lives, were intertwined as children, as teenagers leaving school, and as young married adults.

Their ongoing involvement sparks shocking consequences...

Starring Christopher Scoulard and Michael Cochrane.

Dark mystery written by JCW Brook.

John ... Christopher Scoulard
Bill ... Michael Cochrane
Sarah ... Angela Down
Christine ... Frances Jeater
Bill as a Boy ... Rosalind Adams
John as a Boy ... Patience Tomlinson
Inspector Anders ... Gordon Reid
Sergeant Pait ... Andrew Secombe

Director: Ian Cotterell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1981.

1 hour, 30 minutes

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