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Turmoil

Episode 9 of 10

Laura has agreed to marry De Courcy, but will Hargrave let her? Could danger be very near? Stars Gerda Stevenson.

Laura has agreed to marry De Courcy, but will Hargrave let her? Could danger be lurking?

Mary Brunton’s romantic tale set in Perthshire and London - dramatised in ten parts by Gerda Stevenson.

Laura Montreville is loved by two men - a reckless Libertine and a dignified but reserved landowner. In a world where polite society and sexual hypocrisy rub shoulders easily, can she choose wisely between passion and virtue?

Narrated by Maureen Beattie

Laura ...... Gerda Stevenson
Lady Pelham ...... Barbara Leigh-Hunt
De Courcy ...... Tom Goodman Hill
Hargrave ...... Andrew Wincott
Mary ...... Emma Woolliams
Surgeon ...... Stuart McGugan

Producer: Bruce Young

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.

15 minutes

Last on

Fri 5 Jul 201902:30
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