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2. July 1846
Episode 2 of 6
Suddenly orphaned with no name and no inheritance - what next for Magdalen and Norah? Stars Sophie Thompson and Jack May.
Suddenly orphaned with no name and no inheritance - what next for Magdalen and Norah Vanstone?
Wilkie Collins' novel dramatised by Ray Jenkins.
Magdalen Vanstone ...... Sophie Thompson
Captain Wragge ...... Jack May
Norah Vanstone ...... Elizabeth Mansfield
Miss Garth ...... Kathleen Helme
Mr Clare ...... Peter Woodthorpe
Frank Clare ...... Paul Downing
Mr Pendril ...... John Moffatt
Mrs Wragge ...... Vivian Pickles
Bulmer ...... John Bull
Narrator ...... Philip Sully
Music by Peter Brewis and played by Maurice Cambridge.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1989.
Last on
Tue 14 Sep 202103:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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