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1860s: Sisters Sophia and Constance live above a thriving drapery in the Potteries. Stars Gillian Kearney and Katy Cavanagh.

1860s: Sisters Sophia and Constance live above a thriving drapery in the Potteries.

Starring Gillian Kearney and Katy Cavanagh.

Arnold Bennett's novel follows the lives of two very different sisters.

Omnibus of the first five of fifteen episodes dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.

Constance .... Gillian Kearney
Sophia .... Katy Cavanagh
Narrator .... Phillip Jackson
Sam Povey .... Ian Dunn
Mr Baines .... John Rowe
Mr Critchlow .... Stephen Critchlow
Mrs Baines .... Barbara Marten
Miss Chetwynd .... Rachel Atkins
Gerald Scales .... Nicholas Boulton
Aunt Harriet .... Frances Jeater

Director: Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2004.

1 hour, 10 minutes

Last on

Mon 20 Nov 202301:50
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