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Ambitious Becky abandons marriage plans for a job as a governess. Luckily, this brings new marriage prospects. Stars Geoffrey Whitehead.

Ambitious Becky abandons marriage plans for a job as a governess. Luckily, this brings new marriage prospects.

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

Written by William Makepeace Thackeray

Omnibus of episodes 6 to 10 of twenty.

Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt

Becky Sharp .... Emma Fielding
Miss Crawley ..... Margaret Tyzack
William Dobbin .... Tom Smith
Miss Briggs .... Kate Buffery
Auctioneer .... Jon Glover
Sir Pitt Crawley .... Trevor Peacock
Rawdon Crawley .... Ray Coulthard
Amelia .... Katy Cavanagh
George Osborne ... Nicholas Boulton
John Osborne .... Geoffrey Whitehead
Mr Sedley .... Ian Masters
Pitt .... Jon Glover
Peggy O'Dowd .... Monica Dolan
Jos Sedley .... Toby Jones
Ensign Stubble .... Stephen Hogan
Peggy O'Dowd .... Monica Dolan

Director Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2004.

1 hour, 10 minutes

Last on

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