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2. Life-Changing Moment

Episode 2 of 5

Mrs Ramsay believes everyone should marry. Young painter Lily has other ideas. Minta is on the brink Stars Olivia Hallinan.

The Ramsays holiday with their eight children and assorted guests in their summer house in the Hebrides.

Mrs Ramsay believes that everyone should marry; but while young painter Lily Briscoe has other ideas, down on the beach Minta is on the brink of a moment that will change her whole life.

Virginia Woolf's landmark modernist 1927 novel based on her own early experiences.

Dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths.

Paul ...... Ben Lamb
Minta ...... Olivia Hallinan
Mrs Ramsay ...... Charlotte Emmerson
James ...... Alex Starke
Mr Bankes ...... Andonis Anthony
Lily ...... Lyndsey Marshal
Cam ......Talia Barnett

Director: Nadia Molinari

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2014.

15 minutes

Last on

Wed 17 Apr 202403:45
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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PaulBen Lamb
MintaOlivia Hallinan
Mrs RamsayCharlotte Emmerson
JamesAlex Starke
Mr BankesAndonis James Anthony
LilyLyndsey Marshal
CamTalia Barnett
DirectorNadia Molinari
AdaptorLinda Marshall Griffiths
AuthorVirginia Woolf

Broadcasts

  • Tue 12 Aug 201410:45
    BBC Radio 4
  • Tue 12 Aug 201419:45
    BBC Radio 4
  • Tue 5 Jul 202214:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Wed 6 Jul 202202:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 16 Apr 202408:45
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  • Tue 16 Apr 202413:45
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  • Tue 16 Apr 202419:45
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Wed 17 Apr 202403:45
    BBC Radio 4 Extra