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The Rainbow Bridge

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Tim Jackson's ten-part drama investigates Darwinism from the perspective of a woman ambitious to win in the rat race of modern academia.
1: Historian of science, Kate Williams, is researching a book on Emma Darwin and the influence she had on the life of her famous husband, Charles, writer of The Origin of Species. But Kate's father is ill and she finds herself torn between her work at the university and her father's need for emotional support.
Director Peter Leslie Wild. Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Jackson
Unknown:
Kate Williams
Unknown:
Emma Darwin
Director:
Peter Leslie Wild.
Kate:
Julia Hills
David:
David Hargreaves
Emma:
Janet Maw
Charles:
David Schofield
Eugene:
John McAndrew
Polly:
Sarah-Jane Holm
Brian:
Christian Rodska
Nurse:
Loma Laidlaw
Priest:
Ian Brooker
Henrietta:
Elizabeth Wofford

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