Writing On Wigan Pier by David Pownall was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 31 July 2010. Story: In 1936, George Orwell embarked on a visit to Wigan, a typical coal-mining town in industrial Lancashire in order to write a book about the people, their experiences and their struggle to cope with the effects of the Depression. Cast: Orwell .... Adrian Scarborough Neil .... Karl Davies Helen .... Helen Longworth Grandad .... Bernard Cribbins Mrs Brooker/Country Lady .... Thelma Barlow Gollancz .... Keith Drinkel Arnold .... Anthony Glennon Meade/Ignatius .... Tom Bevan
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