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2. A Matter of Life and Death

Episode 2 of 6

D'Artagnan falls in love, and Cardinal Richelieu seeks to destroy the honour of the Queen. Stars Jamie Glover and Timothy Spall.

D'Artagnan falls in love, and Cardinal Richelieu seeks to destroy the honour of the Queen.

Alexandre Dumas's immortal swashbuckling epic.

Starring Jamie Glover, Robert Glenister and Timothy Spall.

Star-studded dramatisation by James Saunders.

D'Artagnan .... Jamie Glover
Athos .... Robert Glenister
Porthos .... Timothy Spall
Aramis .... Anton Lesser
Planchet .... Dominic Letts
Madame Bonacieux .... Helena Breck
Duke of Buckingham .... Michael Cochrane
Queen .... Teresa Gallagher
King .... Nicholas Boulton
Cardinal Richelieu .... Julian Glover
Bonacieux .... Norman Bird
De Trevilk .... Malcolm Ward
Rochefort .... Michael Onslow
Magistrate .... John Evitts
Warder .... Tom Bevan
Narrator .... John Rowe

Director Martin Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1994.

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 14 Sep 202301:00
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