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ON NOW : Pick of the Week
19/05/2013

Pick of the Week Catherine Bott chooses the best of BBC Radio this week.

ON NEXT : 19:00 The Archers

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Episode 2

Duration:
58 minutes
First broadcast:
Sunday 30 December 2012

Rose Tremain's dramatisation of Anthony Trollope's The Eustace Diamonds 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.

Harpist: Cecilia De Maria
Cellist: Alison Baldwin

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

Credits

Lizzie
Pippa Nixon
Crabstick
Alison Pettitt
Essie
Alison Pettitt
Frank
Joseph Kloska
Lord George
Adrian Scarborough
Mrs Carbuncle
Lorelei King
Lucinda
Lydia Leonard
Andy
Mark Bonnar
Lady Fawn
Stella Gonet
Lucy
Amy Morgan
Lord Fawn
Jamie Glover
Florian
Nicholas Boulton
Sir Gryffen
Nicholas Boulton
Augusta
Laura Hanna
Lydia
Ellie Butters
Nina
Ella Dale
Director
Gordon House
Producer
Gordon House
Writer
Rose Tremain

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