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1. An Unwelcoming House

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1801: Mr Lockwood visits brooding Heathcliff's unwelcoming house on the Yorkshire moors. Stars John Duttine and Amanda Root.

Emily Bronte's novel shocked the public when it first appeared in 1847 with its ghostly tale of obsessive love and revenge.

Mr Lockwood visits an unwelcoming house up on the Yorkshire moors.

But how did brooding Heathcliff come to arrive at Wuthering Heights?

Starring John Duttine and Amanda Root.

Dramatised in five parts by Bryony Lavery.

Heathcliff ...... John Duttine
Cathy Earnshaw ...... Amanda Root
Catherine Heathcliff ..... Emma Fielding
Nellie Dean ...... Sharon Duce
Mr Lockwood ...... David Collings
Hindley ...... Jonathan Keeble
Hareton ...... Gary Cady
Joseph ...... Steve Hodson
Zillah ...... Becky Hindley
Mr Earnshaw ...... John Turner
Edgar ...... Paul Rhys
Isabella ...... Emily Watson
Mary ...... Jilly Bond
Mr Linton ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Mrs Linton ..... Tessa Worsley
Dr Kenneth ...... John Hartley
Mrs Earnshaw ...... Patience Tomlinson

Children played by:

Sheridan Smith
Liam Barr
Naomi Bell
Felix Bell
Attase Mora

Producer: Janet Whitaker

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1995.

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