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6. Queenie
Episode 6 of 15
As Hortense gets to grips with a cold post-war London, Queenie remembers her past. Stars Nadine Marshall and Stephen Tomkinson.
Hortense meets her landlady, Queenie Bligh, whose own story is unknowingly interwoven with Hortense's past.
Queenie reflects on her own past and the journey she made to London.
Andrea Levy's award-winning novel exploring empire, prejudice, war and love in Jamaica, England, America and India.
Dramatised in fifteen parts by Pat Cumper
Hortense 鈥� Nadine Marshall
Queenie 鈥� Lyndsey Marshal
Bernard ... Stephen Tompkinson
Dorothy ... Ann Beach
Queenie's Father ... Stephen Critchlow
Music by Felix Cross
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in September 2006.
Last on
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03:45
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