5. The Substance and the Shadow

Sydney Carton is in Paris with Lucie and her father, determined to try and save Charles Darnay's life.

Then, an encounter in a Paris street with someone from the import-export trade, may just provide the ghost of a chance.

Charles Dickens's novel published in 1859 - set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution.

Starring Robert Lindsay, Andrew Scott and and Paul Ready.

Dramatised by Mike Walker

Charles Dickens .... Robert Lindsay
Jarvis Lorry .... Jonathan Coy
Miss Pross .... Alison Steadman
Dr Alexandre Manette .... Karl Johnson
Lucie Manette .... Lydia Wilson
Charles Darnay .... Andrew Scott
Sydney Carton .... Paul Ready
Therese Defarge .... Tracy Wiles
Jerry Cruncher .... Carl Prekopp
Barsad .... Gerard McDermott
Court President .... Paul Moriarty
Young Manette .... Christopher Webster
Young Evremonde .... Adam Billington
With Rikki Lawton and Alex Rivers

Music by Lennert Busch.

Directors: Jessica Dromgoole & Jeremy Mortimer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2011.