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The Buddenbrook family business is under threat from within and without. Stars Joseph Millson and Barbara Flynn.

The final part of Thomas Mann's Nobel Prize winning story of a 19th Century merchant family struggling to keep pace with changing times. J Thomas and Gerda's son Hanno shows no aptitude for business, but may make a great musician.

Dramatised by Judith Adams with original music by Nico Muhly.

Technical presentation by David Fleming Williams

Produced and directed by Chris Wallis
An Autolycus Production for BBC Radio 4.

58 minutes

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Sat 14 May 201603:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Credits

NarratorPip Carter
Elizabet BuddenbrookBarbara Flynn
Thomas BuddenbrookJoseph Millson
Toni BuddenbrookClare Corbett
Christian BuddenbrookCarl Prekopp
Gerda BuddenbrookColleen Prendergast
Hanno BuddenbrookGene Goodman
Hanno BuddenbrookHarry Lawtey
Kai, Count MollnThiago Los
Kai, Count MollnHugo Docking
PfhulDavid Thorpe
Dr GrabowStephen Critchlow
Ida JungmannAlison Pettit
Dr BrechtGerard McDermott
Master 1Ben Crowe
Master 2Shaun Prendergast
Boy 1Liam Maslov-Boxer
Boy 2Scott Smith
Boy 3George Sanderson
ClementineJudith Adams
WriterThomas Mann
ProducerChris Wallis
DirectorChris Wallis

Broadcasts

  • Sun 26 Aug 201215:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Sat 1 Sep 201221:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Fri 17 Oct 201410:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 17 Oct 201415:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 18 Oct 201403:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 13 May 201610:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 13 May 201615:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 14 May 201603:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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