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Denise Baudu comes to Paris to find work in her uncle's shop, but he cannot afford to take her on.

However, she鈥檚 drawn inexorably towards his chief rival The Ladies' Paradise, owned by the ambitious and charismatic Octave Mouret.

Emile Zola's novel, first published in 1882.

Starring Dervla Kirwan and Douglas Hodge.

Dramatised in two parts by Stephen Wyatt

Denise Baudu .... Dervla Kirwan
Octave Mouret .... Douglas Hodge
Bourdoncle .... David Timson
Deloche .... Richard Derrington
Bourras/Hutin .... Christopher Scott
Baudu/Jouve .... Terry Molloy
Mesdames Baudu/Aurelie .... Marian Kemmer
Genevieve/Pauline .... Sunny Ormonde
Jean .... Roger May
Columban/Favier .... Iwan Thomas
Henriette Desforges .... Michelle Newell
Baron Hartman .... David Monico
Clara .... Teresa Gallagher
Marguerite .... Susan Jeffrey
Pepe .... Richard Ganjavi

Director: Rosemary Watts

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in March 1998