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Radio 4 Extra,02 May 2015,70 mins

The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim (Omnibus)

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While at their Shaftesbury Avenue club on a rainy February day, Rosie and Lottie discover they’ve been reading the same advertisement in The Times:- ‘To those who Appreciate Wisteria and Sunshine. Small mediaeval Italian Castle on the shores of the Mediterranean to be let Furnished for the month of April.’ Can they seize this opportunity and escape to the sunny Italian Riviera - or is it just an impossible dream? Elizabeth von Arnim’s novel, first published in 1922. Omnibus of five parts dramatised by Vivienne Allen. Narrator...Jenny Funnell Lotty ... Pippa Nixon Rose ... Lyndsey Marshal Mrs Fisher ... Joanna Monro Caroline (Scrap) ... Rhiannon Neads Mellersh ... Stephen Critchlow Briggs ... Neet Mohan Frederick ... Chris Pavlo Francesca ... Jessica Turner Director: Tracey Neale First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2015.

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