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'''''Black Cinderella Two Goes East''''' (sometimes referred to as '''''Black Cinderella II Goes East''''') was a radio [[pantomime]] broadcast on [[BBC Radio 2]] on 25 December 1978. The programme is notable for being one of only a few radio programmes (co)-produced by [[Douglas Adams]] while he was employed by the BBC as a radio producer, also for giving a significant role to a serving politician, [[John Pardoe]]. The hour-long programme was written by [[Clive Anderson]] and [[Rory McGrath]] and was co-produced by Douglas Adams and [[John Lloyd (writer)|John Lloyd]].

The programme featured performances by:

*[[Richard Baker (broadcaster)|Richard Baker]], Narrator
*[[Tim Brooke-Taylor]], Timothenia and the King
*[[Rob Buckman]], Prince Charming
*[[John Cleese]], Fairy Godperson
*[[Peter Cook]], Prince Disgusting
*[[Graeme Garden]], Gardenia and Manny
*[[David Hatch]], himself
*Maggie Henderson, Cinderella
*[[Jo Kendall]], Wicked Stepmother and Princess Sally
*[[Richard Murdoch]], Baron Ofbeef
*[[Bill Oddie]], himself, Town Crier and Talking Horse 
*[[John Pardoe]] MP, Fairy-tale Liberal [[Prime Minister]]

Douglas Adams had to follow the show's writers to Cambridge in order to get them to work on the script, and had to pick up the finished script from a messenger on a train. Adams also recorded a reluctant John Cleese at home. Cleese had vowed never to work for BBC Radio again, following a dispute over a sketch in the series ''John Cleese's Sketchbook''. Cleese's lines were then played from a tape recorder into the broadcast programme.

==References==
*''[[Douglas Adams at the BBC]]'' - Three Compact Disc set {{ISBN|0-563-49404-2}}
*BBC Radio 7 ''Tribute to Douglas Adams'' - Transmitted on 2 March 2003
*''[[Don't Panic: The Official Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Companion]]'' by Neil Gaiman

[[Category:BBC Radio comedy programmes]]
[[Category:BBC Radio 2 programmes]]