""Tonight's story, 'Big Business', is about Reginald Mulliner, a young man of slender means and slighter intellect who before the dramatic change in his fortunes had only two assets in his life -the love of Amanda Biffen and the ability to sing Old Man River, a talent we discover him exercising in anticipation of the annual church concert in the village of Lower Smattering On The Whistle,Worcestershire..."" Agreeably addle-brained Reginald Mulliner loses a fortune and a girl while preparing for his big moment on stage at the Christmas show. But from the depths of despair, he finds a new voice...

• P. G. Wodehouse
• P.G. Wodehouse

• John Alderton
• Patrick Newell
• Pauline Collins