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2. The Return

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Clym Yeobright has arranged to meet Eustacia – which sparks a mutual interest. Is he the man of her dreams? With Adam Godley.

Clym Yeobright has returned from Paris. A contrived meeting between him and Eustacia has sparked a mutual interest.

Is he the man she’s been dreaming of?

Thomas Hardy’s 1878 Wessex novel about love and longing dramatised in three-parts by David Calcutt.

David Calder stars as Thomas Hardy, Emma Fielding as Eustacia Vye, Adam Godley as Clym Yeobright, Timothy Watson as Damon Wildeve, Ben Crowe as Diggory Venn, Cathy Sara as Tamsin Yeobright, Annette Badland as Mrs Yeobright, Gerry Hinks as Granfer Cantle, Stephen Tomlin as Timothy Fairway, Sunny Ormonde as Susan Nunsuch, Martin Reeve as Humphrey, Oliver Hembrough as Christian Cantle and Martyn Read as Captain Vye.

Traditional music arranged and performed by Chris Leslie.

Director: Rosemary Watts

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.

1 hour

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Wed 28 Nov 201803:00
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