Patterson

  • Radio sitcom
  • BBC Radio 3
  • 1981
  • 8 episodes (1 series)

BBC Radio 3's first sitcom, following blundering lecturer Dr Andrew Patterson. Stars Lewis Fiander, Judy Parfitt, Richard Vernon, John Barron, Hugh Thomas and more.

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