Albert and Me
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Albert and Me was a radio
series that ran from 1977-1983. There were 19 half hour-long episodes and it was broadcast on BBC Radio 2
. It starred Richard Beckinsale
and Pat Coombs
. Richard Beckinsale played Bryan Archer who was a single parent struggling to find a job and to bring up his child with the help of his mother played by Pat Coombs (who also played baby Albert).
Robert Lindsay
replaced Richard Beckinsale in the lead role.
The writer was Jim Eldridge
. BBC 7 have run repeats of the show in recent times.
Radio
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series that ran from 1977-1983. There were 19 half hour-long episodes and it was broadcast on BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...
. It starred Richard Beckinsale
Richard Beckinsale
Richard Arthur Beckinsale was an English actor, best known for his roles as Lennie Godber in the popular BBC sitcom Porridge and Alan Moore in the British sitcom Rising Damp....
and Pat Coombs
Pat Coombs
Pat Coombs was an English actress. Coombs was considered one of Britain's great character actresses, specialising in the portrayal of the eternal downtrodden female — comically under the thumb of stronger personalities. She was known for many roles on radio, film and television sitcoms...
. Richard Beckinsale played Bryan Archer who was a single parent struggling to find a job and to bring up his child with the help of his mother played by Pat Coombs (who also played baby Albert).
Robert Lindsay
Robert Lindsay (actor)
Robert Lindsay is an English actor who is best known for his television work, especially his roles of Wolfie Smith in Citizen Smith, Michael Murray in G.B.H., Captain Sir Edward Pellew in Hornblower and Ben Harper in My Family which has been on television screens since 2000.-Early life:Lindsay was...
replaced Richard Beckinsale in the lead role.
The writer was Jim Eldridge
Jim Eldridge
Jim Eldridge is a radio, TV and movie scriptwriter with hundreds of radio and TV scripts broadcast in the UK and across the world in a career spanning over 30 years....
. BBC 7 have run repeats of the show in recent times.