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Penelope Mortimer - The Pumpkin Eater (Omnibus)

Mrs Armitage talks to a psychiatrist about her desire for more children. Darkly witty 1962 study of marriage with Helen McCrory.

Helen McCrory and Paul Ready star in Penelope Mortimer's stark portrait of marriage and motherhood from 1962.

Mrs Armitage is encouraged by her successful screenwriter husband, Jake, to talk to a psychiatrist about her apparent compulsion to keep having children.

Omnibus of five parts dramatised by Georgia Fitch.

Mrs Armitage.....Helen McCrory
Jake Armitage.....Paul Ready
Doctor.....Chris Pavlo
Father.....Stephen Critchlow
Philpot/Dinah.....Rhiannon Neads
Bob Conway.....Mark Edel-Hunt
Beth Conway.....Alex Tregear
Giles.....Sam Dale
Journalist.....Neet Mohan

Director: Emma Harding

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2015.

1 hour, 10 minutes

Last on

Mon 27 Jan 202001:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Broadcasts

  • Sat 8 Aug 201513:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 9 Aug 201501:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 26 Jan 202006:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 26 Jan 202013:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 27 Jan 202001:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra