Episode 1
Beautiful Emma meets and marries a doctor, but the lack of passion and excitement soon leads her to stray. Stars John Hurt.
Beautiful Emma meets and marries Doctor Charles Bovary. He's happy for the first time in his life - unlike Emma, who's distraught that her marriage lacks the passion and excitement of her fantasies.
Gustave Flaubert''s French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness - the first great novel of adultery.
Narrated by John Hurt.
Omnibus of the first five of ten episodes.
Dramatised by Diana Griffiths from Margaret Mauldon's translation.
The Narrator …. John Hurt
Charles …. Conrad Nelson
Emma …. Sarah Smart
Madame Bovary Snr …. Brigit Forsyth
Monsieur Rouault ...... Russell Dixon
Doctor Lariviere ...... Martin Reeve
Mere Rollet ...... Julie McCabe
Madame Lefrancois ...... Siobahn Finneran
Monsieur Homais ...... David Fleeshman
Leon Dupuis ...... James D'Arcy
Monsieur L'Heureux ...... Seamus O'Neill
Felicite ...... Sarah Jayne Hallworth
Rodolphe Boulanger ...... Jude Akuwudike
Producer: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2006.
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