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5. The Defeat

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Mrs Baines decides to put a stop to Sophia's affair with Gerald Scales. Stars Katy Cavanagh and Gillian Kearney.

Mrs Baines decides to put a stop to Sophia's affair with Gerald Scales.

Starring Gillian Kearney and Katy Cavanagh.

Arnold Bennett's novel follows the lives of two very different sisters who grow up above a thriving drapery business in the Potteries, during the 1860s.

Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.

Constance .... Gillian Kearney
Sophia .... Katy Cavanagh
Narrator .... Phillip Jackson
Mrs Baines .... Barbara Marten
Sam Povey .... Ian Dunn
Aunt Harriet .... Frances Jeater

Director: Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2004.

15 minutes

Last on

Sat 18 Nov 202303:15
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