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Winifred Holtby's tale of a woman's journey to independence, set in wartime Yorkshire. Stars Claire Goose and Brigit Forsyth.

Prior to the First World War, Muriel Hammond is trying to find her place in the world.

Muriel unwittingly disgraces herself at her first party and then has to face the harsh reality of boarding school. Life brightens, however, when she befriends the exotic and beautiful Clare Duquesne.

Set in Yorkshire, Winifred Holtby's story about a woman's journey - from her teens to womanhood - into independence and self-fulfilment.

Omnibus of the first five of ten episodes dramatised in by Diana Griffiths.

Muriel ...... Clare Goose
Mrs Hammond ...... Brigit Forsyth
Mr Hammond ...... David Fleeshman
Clare Duquesne ...... Victoria Brazier
Miss Hancock ...... Daryl Fishwick
Young Muriel ...... Ellie Sager
Young Godfrey ...... Jon-Paul Bell

Director: Pauline Harris.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.

1 hour, 15 minutes

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Mon 23 Jul 201801:00
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