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Electric Ink: The Complete Series 1 and 2
- Old Hack Meets New Media in This BBC Radio Comedy
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings, Ben Willbond, Debbie Chazen, Elizabeth Berrington, full cast, John Sessions, Polly Frame, Robert Lindsay, Stephen Wight, Zita Sattar
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Radio/TV Programme
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Humour & Satire
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Summary
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Critic reviews
"The writing is tight, the characters astutely observed and the situation comedy inclusive." (Radio Times)