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The Go-Between
1900s Norfolk. Spending the summer with a rich schoolfriend's family, 12-year-old Leo is drawn into being a messenger between the beautiful daughter of the household and a local farmer. But the couple's clandestine love affair has tragic consequences.
Drama, adapting the LP Hartley novel.
Last on
Tue 14 Jul 201514:35
Music Played
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Arthur Sullivan
Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes
Librettist: William Gilbert. Performer: Alan Bates.![]()
George Frideric Handel
Angels, Ever Bright and Fair
Performer: Dominic Guard.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Marian Maudsley | Julie Christie |
| Ted Burgess | Alan Bates |
| Young Leo Colston | Dominic Guard |
| Mrs Maudsley | Margaret Leighton |
| Mr Maudsley | Michael Gough |
| Leo as an old man | Michael Redgrave |
| Hugh Trimingham | Edward Fox |
| Marcus | Richard Gibson |
| Denys | Simon Hume-Kendall |
| Charles | Roger Lloyd Pack |
| Kate | Amaryllis Garnett |
| Writer | Harold Pinter |
| Director | Joseph Losey |
Desert Island Discs: Alan Bates
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Alan Bates in this 1976 edition.
