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3. Admirers

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A lascivious lawyer and a dashing captain - Becky Sharp continues to attract admirers. Stephen Fry narrates. With Emma Fielding.

A lascivious lawyer and a dashing captain - orphaned, ambitious Becky Sharp continues to attract admirers.

Stephen Fry narrates one of the greatest comic novels of the Victorian period.

Written by William Makepeace Thackeray.

Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.

Becky Sharp …… Emma Fielding
Lady Crawley.....Joanna McCallum
Sir Pitt Crawley...Trevor Peacock
Pitt Crawley..........Jon Glover
Miss Crawley........Margaret Tyzack
Rawdon Crawley....Ray Coulthard

Producer: Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2004.

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15 minutes

Last on

Thu 20 Mar 202503:45
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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