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Under the Hammer. (1984 play)

2026-06-08 17 Dailymotion

First broadcast 27th March 1984.

A previously unknown painting by Vincent Van Gogh, said to have come from Russia, comes up for sale at a London auction of impressionist paintings.

Peter Vaughan - Les Stone
Michael Aldridge - John Bourke-White
James Maxwell - Geoffrey Anderson
Peter Bayliss - Trevor Boveen
Robert Putt - Mick McClaren
Stanley Lebor - Derek
Bernard Gallagher - Jim
David Cardy - Tony
Christopher Fulford - Billy
Harry Ditson - Teichman
John Tallents - Weaver
Julie Legrand - French Woman
Nina Botting - Receptionist
Jill Meager - Jenny
Alister Williamson - Commissionaire
Francesca Brill - Princess of Wales
Judith Fellows - Housekeeper
Jeremy Clyne - Russian Interpreter
Bibs Ekkel - Pankovski
Czeslaw Grocholski - Shirogorokhin
Roger Ostime - Advisor
Lloyd Johnston - Detective
Richard Bates - Messenger