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9. The Great Temptation

Episode 9 of 10

Maggie tries to push temptation away but then a fateful decision ends up changing everything. Starring Joanna Vanderham.

Maggie tries to push temptation away but then a fateful decision changes everything and desire and betrayal sends ripples of conflict that spreads beyond the River Moss.

George Eliot's novel of grand passions and tormented lives.

Dramatised by Rhiannon Tise.

George Eliot, the Narrator ...... Anna Maxwell Martin
Maggie ...... Joanna Vanderham
Stephen ...... Jack Farthing
Philip ...... Chris Lew Kum Hoi
Lucy ...... Ell Potter
Mrs Moss ...... Heather Craney

Director: Tracey Neale.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2020.

14 minutes

Last on

Fri 24 May 202403:45
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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