Penelope Fitzgerald's novel of an English family in Moscow, adapted by Penny Leicester.
Episode 1. The winter of 1913 finds Frank Reid, owner of a printing company, abandoned
by his wife. First Nellie takes their three children with her, then she sends them back
to Frank. What is he to do?
Episode 2. Frank Reid is not being helped by his accountant, Selwyn.
Episode 3. The English Chaplaincy has a scary resident and now a shop girl looks set
to take on the nannying duties.
Narrator ... Clare Higgins
Frank ... Richard McCabe
Selwyn ... David Bamber
Nellie ... Jennifer Lee Jellicorse
Dolly ... Charlotte Ellis.
Other parts played by Sonia Ritter, Rachel Atkins, Samuel Barnet, Richard Bremmer
and David Collins.
Producer: Tim Dee.
Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 10:45am Mon, 27 Sep - Fri 1 Oct 2010
Duration 5 x 15 minutes
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Episode 4 - 5. Lisa, the new nanny, is too beautiful for Frank, even with her
plaits cut off.
Narrator ... Clare Higgins
Frank ... Richard McCabe
Selwyn ... David Bamber
Nellie ... Jennifer Lee Jellicorse
Dolly ... Charlotte Ellis.
Other parts played by Sonia Ritter, Rachel Atkins, Samuel Barnet, Richard Bremmer
and David Collins.
Producer: Tim Dee.
Parts 4-5 of 5
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