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When Marnie Was There by Joan G Robinson

4 Extra Debut. Anna is sent away to a small Norfolk village one summer where she befriends the mysterious Marnie. Stars Georgina Hagen.

*** Broadcast as part 4 Extra's The Stories of Studio Ghibli season.

Anna is a solitary foster child sent away to a small Norfolk village one summer to recover from illness.

Here she makes friends with a mysterious and significant girl called Marnie, who lives in Marsh House and discovers a good deal about her past.

Joan G Robinson鈥檚 classic story for family listening is dramatised for radio by Beaty Rubens.

Anna 鈥�. Georgina Hagen
Older Anna 鈥�. Sara Kestelman
Marnie 鈥�. Juliet Aaltonen
Scilla 鈥�. Skye Bennett
Susan 鈥�. Mary Miller
Sam 鈥�. David Redgrave
Gillie 鈥�. Richenda Carey
Nancy 鈥�. Miranda Keeling
Mrs Lyndsay 鈥�. Christine Kavanagh
Andrew 鈥�. Paul Richard Biggin
Jane 鈥�. Emma Noakes

Director: David Hunter

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in December 2006.

1 hour

Last on

Tue 4 Aug 2026 05:00
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