by Gustave Flaubert.
With Nicola Pagett as Emma, Stephen Moore as Charles Bovary, Clive Swift as Monsieur Homais and Roger Allam as Rodolphe Boulanger.
Frustrated in her marriage to Charles, Emma turns to Leon for the romance she craves.
Translated by Alan Russell
Dramatised by Christopher Reason
(Stereo)
(Repeated Friday at 2.00pm)