1. The Haircut

Available for 109 days

Plain peasant girl Marty South is living in Little Hintock. She tells no one of her love for Giles Winterborne. Thomas Hardy's story of ambition, money and missed chances. Dramatised in ten parts by Ayeesha Menon. Marty South......................Katy Sobey Giles Winterborne........Oliver Hembrough Grace Melbury.................Holli Dempsey Edred Fitzpiers................Sacha Dhawan George Melbury..............Nicholas Murchie Lucy Melbury..................Jane Slavin Barber Percomb..............Joshua Riley Felice Charmond...........Marilyn Nnadebe Grammer Oliver................Jessica Turner Suke Damson....................Elinor Coleman Timothy Tangs................Stewart Campbell John South..........................Tony Turner Sound Design: Peter Ringrose Director: Emma Harding First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2021.