5. The Substance and the Shadow

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Sydney Carton is in Paris with Lucie and her father, determined to try and save Charles Darnay's life. Then, an encounter in a Paris street with someone from the import-export trade, may just provide the ghost of a chance. Charles Dickens's novel published in 1859 - set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. Starring Robert Lindsay, Andrew Scott and and Paul Ready. 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 Therese Defarge .... Tracy Wiles Jerry Cruncher .... Carl Prekopp Barsad .... Gerard McDermott Court President .... Paul Moriarty Young Manette .... Christopher Webster Young Evremonde .... Adam Billington With Rikki Lawton and Alex Rivers Music by Lennert Busch. Directors: Jessica Dromgoole & Jeremy Mortimer First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2011.