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Charles DickensMrs Lirriper
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Dickens's often overlooked tale of a huge-hearted landlady and her eccentric lodgers. Stars Julia McKenzie and John Fortune.

Meet the formidable and huge-hearted Mrs Lirriper and the eccentric collection of lodgers who rent rooms from her - one of whom leaves behind more than anyone could have expected

Charles Dickens's neglected classic dramatised and produced by Ellen Dryden.

Starring Julia McKenzie as Mrs Lirriper, John Fortune as the Major, Jordan Clarke as Jemmy, Alison Skilbeck as Miss Wozenham and Jonathan Dryden Taylor as Mr Edson.

Made by First Writes Radio for BBC Radio 4. First broadcast in 2007.

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Thu 7 Jan 201603:00
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