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London, This Is Washington [60min]

A radio play by Mark Lawson. The patrician grandee Macmillan encounters a beguiling young Jack Kennedy, overflowing with energy and charm; a wily Lyndon Johnson pits himself against a Harold Wilson who is easily able to match his American counterpart for cunning. But observers - and indeed Kennedy himself -- are in for some surprises. David Calder as Harold Macmillan, Nathan Osgood as John F Kennedy, Philip Jackson as Harold Wilson, Kerry Shale as Lyndon B Johnson, Ian Porter as Dick, Simon Robson as Timothy, Jon Glover as Announcer; Producer/director Roland Jaquarello.
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