1. Noblesse Oblige

Available for 22 days

Beaumarchais is anxious to climb the ladder of French nobility, but Henri Lepaute is blocking his path. Starring Henry Goodman. Craig Warner's irreverent six-part comedy set in 18th-century France. Beaumarchais .... Henry Goodman Henri Lepaute .... David Calder Louis XV .... Ronald Pickup Madame de Pompadour .... Ann Beach Beaumarchais' father .... Stephen Thorne Madelaine .... Elaine Pyke Vignon ... Denys Hawthorne Secretaire ... Jason O'Mara Lawyer .... Alex Lowe Director: Marion Nancarrow First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1996.