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2. Britain at War
Episode 2 of 10
War breaks out. Penelope moves in with her mother-in-law as Oliver joins up. Stars Angela Pleasence.
War breaks out and Penelope moves in with her mother-in-law in a regency square in Brighton with her daughters.
Meanwhile Oliver joins up as a medical officer.
As she reads her mother's version of events, Rosemary recalls just how much she hated Grandmother Butler.
Margaret Forster's novel about family conflict.
Dramatised by Juliet Ace
Penelope (mother) . . . . Angela Pleasence
Rosemary . . . . Nichola McAuliffe
Oliver . . . . Simon Armstrong
Grandmother Butler . . . . June Barrie
Director: Tanya Nash
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in January 2000.
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