3. Two Promises

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In a Paris wine shop, information is exchanged about the courtship of Lucie Manette and Charles Darnay. Meanwhile in London, it appears that a wedding is indeed in the air. Charles Dickens's novel published in 1859 - set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. Starring Robert Lindsay and Alison Steadman. Dramatised by Mike Walker Charles Dickens .... Robert Lindsay Jarvis Lorry .... Jonathan Coy Miss Pross ... Alison Steadman Dr Alexandre Manette .... Karl Johnson Lucie Manette .... Lydia Wilson Charles Darnay ... Andrew Scott Sydney Carton .... Paul Ready Ernest Defarge .... James Lailey Therese Defarge .... Tracy Wiles Barsad .... Gerard McDermott Jerry Cruncher .... Carl Prekopp Natty Cruncher .... Daniel Cooper Prison Warder .... Simon Bubb With Adam Billington and Christopher Webster Music by Lennert Busch. Director: Jessica Dromgoole & Jeremy Mortimer First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2011.