Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor (Omnibus)

On a rainy January afternoon, the recently widowed Laura Palfrey arrives at the Claremont Hotel on London's Cromwell Road.

Apprehensive but doughty, she settles into her room without a view, and begins to meet the other residents.

For the long-term residents of the Claremont Hotel, life revolves around waiting for dinner, the 9 o'clock serial and visitors. Mrs Palfrey assures her new friends that her grandson will soon be making an appearance...

Elizabeth Taylor's poignant and witty masterpiece - both tender and sharp in its depiction of old age. First published in 1971.

Read by Eleanor Bron

Omnibus of five parts abridged by Robin Brooks.

Producer: Natalie Steed

First broadcast in five-parts on BBC Radio 4 in August 2018