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The Admirable Crichton by JM Barrie

Every shipwrecked Victorian aristocrat needs a butler by their side. Classic satire of society snobbery. Starring Russell Tovey.

Liberal aristocrat Lord Loam favours a return to nature, with masters and servants living together as equals.

But Crichton is the perfect butler and the perfect snob who adores the intricacies of the class system.

He cannot help but be horrified by his master's opinions, and it will take a sea change to alter them.

Starring Russell Tovey.

JM Barrie's classic satire about the changing fortunes of Crichton, the perfect butler.

Crichton ...... Russell Tovey
JM Barrie ...... David Bannerman
Lady Mary ...... Beth Chalmers
Lord Loam ...... David Timson
Lady Agatha ...... Martha Howe-Douglas
Ernest Woolley ...... Gunnar Cauthery
Tweeny ...... Lizzy Watts
Rev John Treherne ...... Adrian Grove
Lord Brocklehurst ...... Stephen Hogan
Lady Brocklehurst ...... Tina Gray

Abridged and directed by Fiona Kelcher.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2009

1 hour

Last on

Wed 3 Dec 202505:00
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Credit

ProducerFiona Kelcher

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