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Play for Today/Season 8/Episode 17

Episode 16 Episode 18

S8 · E17

Feb 14, 1978 · 1 hr 15 min

The After-Dinner Joke

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Synopsis

The story of a well-meaning charity worker

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Richard Vernon

Mr. Price

Hal Galili

Patient

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Saeed Jaffrey

Merchant

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Directed byColin Bucksey

Written byCaryl Churchill

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