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The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim (Omnibus)

An advert in The Times lures four women away from London to a castle on the sunny Italian Riviera. Stars Pippa Nixon.

While at their Shaftesbury Avenue club on a rainy February day, Rosie and Lottie discover they鈥檝e been reading the same advertisement in The Times:-

鈥楾o those who Appreciate Wisteria and Sunshine. Small mediaeval Italian Castle on the shores of the Mediterranean to be let Furnished for the month of April.鈥�

Can they seize this opportunity and escape to the sunny Italian Riviera - or is it just an impossible dream?

Elizabeth von Arnim鈥檚 novel, first published in 1922.

Omnibus of five parts dramatised by Vivienne Allen.

Narrator...Jenny Funnell
Lotty ... Pippa Nixon
Rose ... Lyndsey Marshal
Mrs Fisher ... Joanna Monro
Caroline (Scrap) ... Rhiannon Neads
Mellersh ... Stephen Critchlow
Briggs ... Neet Mohan
Frederick ... Chris Pavlo
Francesca ... Jessica Turner

Director: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in April 2015.

1 hour, 10 minutes

Last on

Mon 20 Apr 2026 03:50
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Broadcasts

  • Sat 2 May 2015 13:00
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  • Sun 3 May 2015 01:00
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  • Sun 6 May 2018 06:00
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  • Sun 6 May 2018 13:00
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  • Mon 7 May 2018 01:00
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  • Sun 19 Apr 2026 08:50
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