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Edna, the Inebriate Woman
Season 1 · Episode 1
A down-and-out woman wanders through life in an alcoholic haze without a job, a home or any money. Jeremy Sandford's 1971 drama, starring Patricia Hayes and Barbara Jefford. First broadcast October 21, 1971
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- Patricia Hayes — Actor as Edna
- Barbara Jefford — Actor as Josie
- Pat Nye — Actor as Irene
- Peggy Aitchison — Actor as Lil
- Amelia Bayntun — Actor as Jessie
- June Brown — Actor as Clara
- Roger Hammond — Actor as Victor
- Jo Maxwell Muller — Actor as Nina
- Geraldine Sherman — Actor as Trudi
- Kate Williams — Actor as Teresa
- Cheryl Hall — Actor as Vangi
- John Trigger — Actor as Graham
- June Watson — Actor as Attendant at the Spike
- Denis Carey — Actor as Doctor at the Spike
- Jerry Verno — Actor as Old man
- Rex Rashley — Actor as Old man
- Walter Sparrow — Actor as Proprietor of common lodging house
- Douglas Ditta — Actor as Social security clerk
- Chris Gannon — Actor as Tramp
- Talfryn Thomas — Actor as Tramp
- Charles Farrell — Actor as Tramp
- Vivian MacKerrell — Actor as Tramp
- Marie Conmee — Actor as Paddy at common lodging house
- Jenny Logan — Actor as Doris, on the road
- Anthony Dawes — Actor as Man in car
- Elaine Mitchell — Actor as Social security official
- John Hussey — Actor as Psychiatrist
- Patsy O'Shea — Actor as Old woman
- Dorothy Lane — Actor as Old woman
- Jumoke Debayo — Actor as Staff nurse
- Malcolm Terris — Actor as Psychiatrist in hospital
- Keith Marsh — Actor as Porter
- Eamonn Boyce — Actor as Proprietor of lodging house
- James Cairncross — Actor as Rogo at charitable institution
- Virginia Snyders — Actor as Bed ticket proprietor
- Alex Brown Marshall — Actor as Social security clerk
- Norman Lumsden — Actor as Magistrate
- Mark Moss — Actor as Policeman
- Merelina Kendall — Actor as Nun
- Frances Tomelty — Actor as Nun
- Freda Dowie — Actor as Mother Superior
- Jeffrey Segal — Actor as Counsel at public hearing
- David Garth — Actor as Defence
- George Belbin — Actor as Chairman
- Jeremy Sandford — Writer
- Irene Shubik — Producer
- Ted Kotcheff — Director
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