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1. Wilderness

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The wild and tormented Francis Herries begins a new life in Cumberland. 18th-century family saga with Gavin Muir.

In 1730, Francis Herries is drawn by a wild romantic impulse.

He moves his family to a tumbledown ancestral house called 'Herries', ringed by the Cumberland Fells.

Starring Gavin Muir, Mark Bonnar and Janet Maw.

Hugh Walpole's historical novel, first published in 1930.

Dramatised in four parts by Eric Pringle.

Francis .... Gavin Muir
David ... Mark Bonnar
Margaret ... Janet Maw
Deborah ... Jane Whittenshaw
Alice Press ... Jane Slavin
Pomfret ... Stephen Thorne
Jannice .... Shirley Dixon
Father Roache ....Hugh Dickson
Statesman Peel ....Gerard McDermott
The Pedlar ....Ioan Meredith
Benjamin ....Chris Pavlo
Young Deborah ....Katie Clarke
Young David ....George Maguire

Others parts played by:

Joseph Head
Robert Harper
Alex Lowe
Alison Pettitt
Christopher Scott

Director David Blount

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1997.

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