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Backs To the Wall

AuthorBob Larbey, John Esmonde

NarratorFull Cast

SeriesThe Good Life, Book 2

Duration1h 51m

CategoriesAdult Fiction, British Radio Sitcoms and Sketch Shows

PublisherBBC

VersionUnabridged

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Includes: 'The Thing in the Cellar', 'The Pagan Rite', 'Backs to the Wall', 'Just my Bill'. Four more original BBC television episodes of the much-loved classic sitcom starring Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Paul Eddington and Penelope Keith.

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