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The Entertainer

Michael Gambon stars in John Osborne's play, set in 1950s Britain, following Archie Rice, a drunken, lecherous, egotistical vaudevillian, whose act is on the downward slope.

2 hours

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Sunday22:15
BBC Four

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Credits

Archie RiceMichael Gambon
Phoebe RiceBillie Whitelaw
Billy RiceBill Owen
Jean RiceHelen McCrory
Frank RiceGeorge Beach
Graham DoddNicholas Hewetson
BillDavid Ryall
ProducerNicholas Renton
DirectorSimon Curtis
WriterJohn Osborne

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