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From winter to midsummer night, a local reporter and a shy heiress get acquainted. Stars Tim Pigott-Smith and Juliet Aubrey.

Winter has come to Evensford. As the first snowflakes of 1931 settle, Lydia Aspen has come to live with her two aunts.

Richardson, a young reporter on the local paper, watches as the shy heiress passes by in a Daimler. His editor tells him "go and get the story"...

HE Bates's semi-autobiographical novel, first published in 1952.

Omnibus of the first five of ten parts.

Dramatised by Vivienne Allen.

Older Richardson 鈥︹�� Tim Pigott-Smith
Richardson 鈥︹�� Jordan Frieda
Lydia 鈥︹�� Juliet Aubrey
Miss Bertie 鈥︹�� Margaret Tyzack
Miss Juliana 鈥︹�� Angela Thorne
Bretherton 鈥︹�� Philip Fox
Tom 鈥︹�� Jamie Bamber
Blackie....Robert Purdy
Old Johnson....Don McCorkindale
Nancy......Clare Corbett
Alex.....Crispin Bonham-Carter
Mrs Sanderson.....Helena Breck

Written by HE Bates

Director: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in November 2004.

1 hour, 10 minutes

Last on

Mon 10 Mar 2025 03:50
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