Woman's Hour Drama - Our Mutual Friend - Episode 1
Woman's Hour Drama - Our Mutual Friend - Episode 1
A father and daughter on the Thames at night, and tied to their boat a lifeless shape bobs in the water.
Charles Dickens ...... Alex Jennings
Bella Wilfer ...... Daisy Haggard
Lizzie Hexam ...... Lizzy Watts
John Rokesmith ...... Carl Prekopp
Eugene Wrayburn ...... Patrick Kennedy
Mortimer Lightwood ...... Matt Addis
Nicodemus Boffin ...... Jason Watkins
Mrs Boffin ...... Pauline Quirke
Pa Wilfer ...... Philip Fox
Ma Wilfer ...... Annabelle Dowler
Charlie Hexam ...... Adam Arnold
Gaffer Hexam ...... Malcolm Tierney
Silas Wegg ...... Lee Ross
Aenus Venus ...... Stephen Hogan
Rogue Riderhood ...... Jamie Foreman
With Paul Rider and Janice Acquah.
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole and Jeremy Mortimer
This episode is available until 7.45pm on 11th December as part of the Series Catch-up Trial.
- Broadcast on:
- BBC Radio 4, 7:45pm Monday 9th November 2009
- Duration:
- 15 minutes
- Available until:
- 8:02pm Friday 11th December 2009
- Categories:
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