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Episode 6

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Last broadcast on Mon, 16 Nov 2009, 19:45 on BBC Radio 4.

Synopsis

Adaptation by Mike Walker of Charles Dickens' classic novel.

Bella Wilfer, whose life has become decidedly more comfortable, confides in her father.

Charles Dickens ...... Alex Jennings
Bella Wilfer ...... Daisy Haggard
Lizzie Hexam ...... Lizzy Watts
John Rokesmith ...... Carl Prekopp
Eugene Wrayburn ...... Patrick Kennedy
Mortimer Lightwood ...... Matt Addis
Betty ...... Lynn Farleigh
Sloppy ...... Benjamin Askew
Mrs Boffin ...... Pauline Quirke
Pa Wilfer ...... Philip Fox
Pleasant Riderhood ...... Annabelle Dowler
Charlie Hexam ...... Adam Arnold
Bradley Headstone ...... Neil Stuke
Silas Wegg ...... Lee Ross
Venus ...... Stephen Hogan
Jenny Wren ...... Nicola Miles Wildin
Rogue Riderhood ...... Jamie Foreman
Jenny's Father ...... Paul Rider
Radford ...... Jonathan Tafler

With 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.

Series Catch-Up Trial

Our Mutual Friend is part of a trial for a limited number of radio series which are being made available with series catch-up. Series catch-up extends the availability window for individual episodes beyond the usual seven days after their transmission, allowing you the chance to listen to an entire series until a week after the final episode is broadcast.

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  1. Mon 16 Nov 2009
    19:45

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