Episode 1

Former British tennis number two, Felix 'Flex' Carbury once had a career.

But now he has a problem...

Anthony Trollope's satirical novel about money, greed and dishonesty, first published in 1875.

Omnibus of the first five of 15 episodes - updated for the 21st century by Jonathan Myerson.

Ghassan Mehmoud .... Henry Goodman
Felix 'Flex' Carbury .... Dexter Fletcher
Anthony Trollope .... John Rowe
Paul Montague .... Nyasha Hatendi
Rt Hon Jeremy Longstaff .... David Bamber
Georgiana Longstaff .... Lucy Montgomery
Ruby Ruggles .... Sheridan Smith
Marie Mehmoud .... Chipo Chung
Roger Lloyd-Montague .... Ben Crowe
Hetta Carbury .... Emily Wachter
Tilly Carbury .... Annette Badland
Helen Croll .... Liz Sutherland
Nick Broune .... Stephen Critchlow

Other parts played by:

Chris Pavlo
Beth Chalmers
Dan Starkey
Joan Walker

Director: Jonquil Panting

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2008.