Don't Mention The Gooseberry Fool

Vera and Henry are in Paris with Ginny and Lionel - a last-minute irresponsible whirlwind of pleasure before the war starts.

But it’s not the carefree, scintillating city of their youth. The atmosphere is oppressive - everyone is preparing for war. Nevertheless, Gertrude Klein’s parties of the literati beckon, and Hammingaway escorts Henry and Lionel to the Folies Bergere afterwards.

Venus reappears briefly with the awful news that Hitler has invaded somewhere or other, it begins with a P, and the foursome scuttle home, arriving on the very evening when Sizzlinghurst is rocked by a massive explosion.

Literary comedy by Sue Limb parodying the Bloomsbury Group.

Vera …… Miriam Margolyes
Henry …… Jonathan Coy
Mrs Gosling/Ginny Fox …… Alison Steadman
Lionel Fox/Mr Gosling …… Nigel Planer
Venus Traduces …… Morwenna Banks
Ernest Hemingway/Gertrude Klein/James Voyce/Waiter ......John Sessions

A Little Brother production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2018.