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Devere takes a shine to Mrs Forbes-Hamilton's guest. Is Audrey jealous? Adapted from TV, with Penelope Keith. From March 1997.

DeVere takes a shine to Mrs fforbes-Hamilton's guest. Is Audrey jealous?

Starring Penelope Keith and Keith Barron.

Lady of the manor Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, forced to sell her beloved Grantleigh Estate, has decamped to the tiny Old Lodge cottage with her butler in tow.

From this vantage point, Audrey keeps a close and disapproving eye on new owner, the nouveau-riche Richard DeVere.

Adapted for radio by Peter Spence from his 麻豆社 TV script.

Audrey fforbes-Hamilton 鈥�. Penelope Keith
Richard DeVere ..... Keith Barron
Marjory Frobisher. .... Angela Thorne
Brabinger .... Nicholas McArdle
Mrs Polouvicka ..... Margery Withers
Ned ..... Frank Middlemass
Podge Hodge ..... Zulema Dene

First piloted on radio and then whisked off to TV before it ever appeared, before finally arriving home in 1997.

Producer: Jane Berthoud

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 2 in March 1997.

30 minutes

Last on

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