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PICK OF THE BOX: First tale hits the right notes.(Features)

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From: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Date: 20030911
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DRAMA Canterbury Tales (BBC1, 9.00pm) THE first in a series of adaptations of Geoffrey Chaucer's medieval classics.

First in the series is The Miller's Tale, starring Cold Feet favourite James Nesbitt alongside Dennis Waterman, Billie Piper and Kenny Doughty.

A smooth-talking stranger walks into a rundown karaoke pub in a quiet Kent village.

Claiming to be a talent scout the man attracts the attention of a young karaoke queen in the form of Billie Piper.

But both her jealous husband and a ...

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