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1. No Escape

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Autumn 1916: Edith wants to start a new life with Aylmer, but she can't shake off her ex-husband Bruce. Stars Ifan Meredith.

Based on characters from Ada Leverson's trilogy of novels, writer Martyn Wade draws the delightful and romantic entanglements of the Ottleys to a close.

Autumn 1916 - Edith, Aylmer and Bruce remain in their infernal, triangular charade and seem as helpless and doomed as they ever were.

Edith's scheme of shuttling between Aylmer (the love of her life) in Jermyn Street and Bruce (her hopeless former husband) in Sloane Street, is not going to work.

What on earth Edith wonders, is to become of them all........

Ada ..... Haydn Gwynne
Bruce ..... Ifan Meredith
Edith ..... Juliet Aubrey
Aylmer ..... Jonathan Firth
Vincy Wenham Vincy ..... Sam Alexander
Madame Frabelle ..... Jane Whittenshaw
Reverend Byrne Fraser ..... Geoffrey Whitehead

Produced and Directed by Tracey Neale

First broadcast on Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 in June 2014.

15 minutes

On radio

Mon 8 Jun 2026 08:45

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Credits

Role Contributor
Ada Haydn Gwynne
Bruce Ifan Meredith
Edith Juliet Aubrey
Alymer Jonathan Firth
Vincy Wenham Vincy Sam Alexander
Madame Frabelle Jane Whittenshaw
Reverend Byrne Fraser Geoffrey Whitehead
Director Tracey Neale
Producer Tracey Neale
Writer Martyn Wade

Broadcasts

  • Mon 2 Jun 2014 10:45
  • Mon 2 Jun 2014 19:45
  • Mon 8 Jun 2026 08:45
  • Mon 8 Jun 2026 13:45
  • Mon 8 Jun 2026 19:45
  • Tue 9 Jun 2026 03:45