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Noel Coward - Blithe Spirit

When writer Charles Condomine holds a séance, he gets an unexpected ghostly visitation from his first wife. Stars Roger Allam.

When novelist Charles Condomine invites a medium to hold a séance at his country house, he anticipates little more than some harmless fakery and a lot of good material for his new novel.

Instead, he gets a ghostly visitation from his dead first wife, rather to the chagrin of his very much alive second one...

Noël Coward's classic comedy adapted for radio by Bert Coules.

Charles ...... Roger Allam
Madame Arcati ...... Maggie Steed
Elvira ...... Zoe Waites
Rut ...... Hermione Gulliford
Dr Bradman ...... David Killick
Mrs Bradman ...... Tilly Tremayne
Edith ...... Natalie Cassidy

Pianist: Matthew Scott

Director: Philip Franks
Producer: Patrick Rayner

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2008.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sun 26 Apr 2020 04:00
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