Episode One: The Wilful Miss Willmott
A two-part drama from Kamal Kaan celebrating the remarkable stories of three great British female horticulturalists, Gertrude Jekyll, Ellen Willmott and Beatrix Potter.
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TRIMEROUS: A two-part drama from writer and horticulturist, Kamal Kaan; celebrating the remarkable stories of three great British female horticulturalists, Gertrude Jekyll, Ellen Willmott and Beatrix Potter. Their colourful stories are drawn from factual research in the public realm, intertwined with a present day narrative set at the Chelsea Flower Show and featuring a cameo appearance from, the much-loved horticulturalist, Carol Klein.
Kamal uses artistic license to slip each protagonist into each other's stories, manufacturing key moments of meeting, highlighting the connection and significance between these amazing unsung women.
Episode 1: The Wilful Miss Willmott
Romantic. Rebellious. Revolutionary: the true story of the unbelievable life of Ellen Willmott, who goes from riches to rags. 1897: Ellen Willmott, at the peak of her career, is a leading horticulturalist. The RHS panel's waiting to award the gold medal to Ellen, the first woman to win it. To everyone's surprise, she's absent. But why?
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- Tue 19 May 202614:15BBC Radio 4
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