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An innocent spinster tries to be a governess, but lands a job which turns out to be a real education. Read by Maureen Lipman.

Miss Pettigrew is sent to the wrong job by her agency.

Her employer greets her wearing a negligee with a man in her room.

In the face of such shocking behaviour, will the innocent spinster blunder or blossom?

Maureen Lipman reads one of her favourite books: Winifred Watson's touching and funny rediscovered bestseller from the 1930s.

Abridged in five-parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.

Producer: Sarah Johnson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2001.

15 minutes

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Tue 8 Jul 202503:30
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