4. Jess the Outsider

Jess proves to be different to the rest of her family.

One day Penelope breaks some news to her, from which she never recovers...

Margaret Forster's novel about family and conflicting memories.

Dramatised by Juliet Ace.

Penelope (mother) . . . . Angela Pleasence
Rosemary . . . . Nichola McAuliffe
Celia . . . . Jenny Funnell
Jess . . . .Gemma Kelly

Director: Tanya Nash

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2000.