84 Charing Cross Road
BBC Play for TodayDirected by Mark Cullingham
Writers: Helene Hanff (book), Hugh Whitemore (dramatised by)
1975
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Anne Jackson . . . . . . . . Helene Hanff
Frank Finlay . . . . . . . . Frank Doel
Kate Binchy . . . . . . . . Nora
Marcella Markham . . . . . . . . Maxine
Ann Penfold . . . . . . . . Cecily
Pamela Miles . . . . . . . . Megan
Maryann Turner . . . . . . . . Janet
George Malpas . . . . . . . . Bill
Ronald Russell . . . . . . . . George
Sydney Arnold . . . . . . . . Mr. Marks
Marjorie Wilde . . . . . . . . Mrs. Boulton
Connie Booth . . . . . . . . Ginny
Hilary Mason . . . . . . . . Voice of Joan Todd (voice)
Gay Wilde . . . . . . . . Kay
Leon Head . . . . . . . . Brian
Angus MacInnes . . . . . . . . Ed
84 Charing Cross Road is a 1970 book by Helene Hanff, which has been made into a stage play, television play, and film, about the twenty-year correspondence between the author and Frank Doel, chief buyer of Marks & Co antiquarian booksellers, located at the eponymous address in London, England.
Frank appeared in the first televised version in 1975 and also in a BBC Radio Production of the James Roose-Evans play in 1992.
He also made an audio book version with Rosemary Leach in 1993.
Magical
(The Observer)
Entrancing
(Daily Mail)
A delight
(New York Daily News)