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  • Thank you Mike! 

  • Thanks.  For those who like the detail:

    The Portrait of A Lady

    by Henry James
    adapted in five parts by Donald McWhinnie and Frank Hauser
    with Valerie Colgan, Peter Marinker and Gary Bond
    Pianist Winifred Davey
    Producer Betty Davies

    Part 1 (15th April 1973 at 9pm)
    The end of the 1800s. A swift carriage - a dark night - riding a road that one can'see: that's my idea of happiness.

    Isabel Archer: Valerie Colgan
    Ralph Touchett: Peter Marinker
    Mr Touchett: Anthony Jay
    Mrs Touchett: Bessie Love
    Lord Warburton: Gary Bond
    Henrietta Stackpole: Toby Robins
    Eleanor Molyneux: Hilda Schroder
    Mildred Molyneux: Diana Olsson
    Caspar Goodwood: Stephen Thorne
    Narrator: John Rowe

    Part 2 (22nd April 1973 at 9pm)
    Isabel Archer , a young American girt visiting her aunt and uncle in England, has declined two proposals of marriage. She is eager to see more of the world before giving up her independence.

    Isabel Archer,: Valerie Colgan
    Ralph Touchett: Peter Marinker
    Mr Toucbett: Anthony Jay
    Mrs Touchett: Bessie Love
    Madame Merle: Madi Hedd
    Henrietta Stackpole: Toby Robins
    Gilbert Osmond: John Carson
    Pansy Osmond: Jane Knowles
    Countess Gemini: Diana Olsson
    Mother Catherine: Nancy Nevinson
    Narrator: John Rowe

    Part 3 (29th April 1973 at 9pm)
    Isabel Archer , a young American girl visiting Europe for the first time. has inherited a considerable fortune from her uncle. She has already refused two proposals of marriage: and on a visit to Italy she has met an American widower, Gilbert Osmond , who is not indifferent to the idea of marrying a charming young heiress.

    Isabel Archer: Valerie Colgan
    Ralph Touchett: Peter Marinker
    Lord Warburton: Gary Bond
    Gilbert Osmond: John Carson
    Henrietta Stackpole: Toby Robins
    Mrs Touchett: Bessie Love
    Madame Merle: Madi Hebb
    Caspar Goodwood: Stephen Thorne
    Pansy Osmond: Jane Knowles
    Countess Gemini: Diana Olsson

    Part 4 (6th May 1973 at 9pm)
    Isabel has married Gilbert Osmond , to the dismay of her friends and relatives, but to the satisfaction of Mme Merle. who promoted the match. Three years have passed.

    Madame Merle: Madi Hedd
    Edward Rosier: Sam Dastor
    Isabel Osmond: Valerie Colgan
    Gilbert Osmond: John Carson
    Mrs Dukane: Sandra Clark
    Contessa: Katherine Parr
    Pansy Osmond: Jane Knowles
    Lord Warburton: Gary Bond
    Ralph Touchett: Peter Marinker

    Part 5 (13th May 1973 at 9pm)
    Isabel has grown desperately unhappy in her marriage to Gilbert Osmond , but she conceals her suffering, even from her cousin Ralph. Osmond is anxious to marry his daughter Pansy to Lord Warburton.

    Gilbert Osmond: John Carson
    Isabel Osmond: Valerie Colgan
    Lord Warburton: Gary Bond
    Pansy Osmond: Jane Knowles
    Henrietta Stackpole: Toby Robins
    Caspar Goodwood: Stephen Thorne
    Ralph Touchett: Peter Marinker
    Countess Gemini: Diana Olsson
    Madame Merle: Madi Hedd
    Mother Catherine: Nancy Nevinson
    Mrs Touchett: Bessie Love

    • Thanks for the details

  • Thank you

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