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Whistling Wally is a radio play by Wally K. Daly. It was first broadcast on BBC Radio on 13 July 1974 as an installment of Afternoon Theatre. It was Daly's first play for radio, and was subsequently adapted for TV and the stage[1].

Plot[]

☀Trouble abounds when two elderly members of a Prisoners' Aid Society decide to use their unique knowledge to pull off 'the robbery of the century'![]

They rapidly find themselves involved with rival gangs, the Mafia and nude shop assistants at a posh London department store...


Cast[]

☀Charles Forbes .... Peter Jones[]

Governor Smith ... Donald Hewlett

George Evans .... Lockwood West

Fingers ..... Charles Hawtrey

Bullet Head ..... Bernard Bresslaw

Brian Thompson .... John Pullen

Perkins .... Adrian Egan

Delia ..... Elizabeth Rider

Simpson .... John Rye

Lift man/Tommy .... Gordon Dulieu

Adams .... Philip Voss

Bella Thompson .... Diana Bishop

Angelo Callont .... Gordon Reid

Sanjo Patel .... Danny Schiller

Doreen/Dolly .... Josie Kidd

Eric .... Brian Haines

First/Second twin ..... David Timson

Barry .... Trevor Cooper

Nick the Greek .... Roger Hammond

Billy .... John Bull

Ex-Lance Corporal .... Fraser Kerr

Directed by [[]]

Critical Reception[]

References[]

2.BBC Radio 4 Extra