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ON NOW : Beyond Belief
Fire in Religion

Beyond Belief Ernie Rea and his guests discuss the role of fire within religion.

ON NEXT : 17:00 PM

Classic Serial

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Episode 1

Duration:
58 minutes
First broadcast:
Sunday 23 December 2012

Rose Tremain's dramatisation of Anthony Trollope's enthralling novel stars Pippa Nixon as the beautiful Lizzie Eustace, fighting to retain possession of her magnificent diamond necklace, which she claims was left to her, as a gift, by her late husband Florian.

Her immediate relatives, spurred on by the intransigent family lawyer, Camperdown, argue that the diamonds are an heirloom, and on no account can be retained by her. The dispute colours all Lizzie's subsequent relationships - with her cousin Frank, her new lover Lord Fawn, and her admirer Lord George. As gossip and scandal intensify, Lizzie is driven to increasingly desperate behaviour in an attempt to retain her jewels.

Original Music: Lucinda Mason Brown
Produced and directed by Gordon House
A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4

Harpist: Cecilia De Maria
Cellist: Alison Baldwin.

Credits

Lizzie
Pippa Nixon
Lord Fawn
Jamie Glover
Florian
Nicholas Boulton
Lady Linlithgow
Richenda Carey
Lady Fawn
Stella Gonet
Frank
Joseph Kloska
Lucy
Amy Morgan
Camperdown
Malcolm Sinclair
Crabstick
Alison Pettit
Harter
Sam Kelly
Benjamin
Stephen Critchlow
John Eustace
Alex Waldmann
Augusta
Laura Hanna
Lydia
Ellie Butters
Nina
Ella Dale
Director
Gordon House
Producer
Gordon House
Writer
Rose Tremain

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