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Three young women seek entertainment careers in dazzling post-war New York. Stars Madeleine Potter and Barbara Barnes.

September, 1945: Anne Welles arrives in New York from sedate Lawrenceville to find that every woman she meets is looking for a husband.

Jacqueline Susann's 1960s best seller.

Three beautiful young women become best friends as they carve out careers in the entertainment industry.

Omnibus of the first five of fifteen episodes.

Dramatised by Yvonne Antrobus.

Anne Welles ...Madeleine Potter
Neely O'Hara... Barbara Barnes
Henry Bellamy... Stuart Milligan
Allen Cooper ... Walter Lewis
Mrs Welles... Liza Ross
Lyon Burke ... Jamie Glover
Gino Cooper ... Nathan Osgood
Miss Steinberg ... Liza Ross
Helen Lawson ... Sally Dexter
Amelia ...Susan Jameson

Producer: Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2005.

1 hour, 15 minutes

Last on

Mon 8 Jul 202403:50
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