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Number Discontinued by Margaret Simpson

Vintage Radio Plays

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 FM on 3rd December 1977. Adapted by Barry Campbell from the novel Sorry, Wrong Number by Margaret Simpson. Directed by Bernard Krichefski. Special sound by Dick Mills, BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

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01 hours 26 minutes 22 seconds

This country in the not too distant future: everybody is registered by a number in one central computer.

Languages: English Subtitles: No

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