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A gentleman farmer is powerfully drawn to the new widowed tenant of Wildfell Hall. Stars Robert Lonsdale and Hattie Morahan.

Helen Graham is the mysterious and striking new tenant of the dilapidated Wildfell Hall.

As gentleman farmer Gilbert Markham becomes more and more powerfully drawn to this enigmatic "widow", he finds that her unconventionally independent life disguises a turbulent and painful past.

Anne Bronte’s second and final novel, first published under a pseudonym 1848.

Omnibus of the first five of ten parts dramatised by Rachel Joyce

Gilbert …. Robert Lonsdale
Helen …. Hattie Morahan
Huntingdon .... Leo Bill
Arthur .... Samuel Bridger
Mrs. Markham .... Carolyn Pickles
Rose …. Leah Brotherhead
Annabella .... Emerald O'Hanrahan
Lawrence .... Carl Prekopp
Eliza .... Victoria Inez Hardy
Rev. Millward .... Gerard McDermott
Mrs. Maxwell …. Tracy Wiles
Boarham …. James Lailey

Director: David Hunter

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2011.

1 hour, 15 minutes

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Mon 22 Sep 202503:50
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  • Sat 3 Dec 201112:00
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