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An Estate in My Head

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

A portrait of Lady Hester Stanhope by Peter Yapp
with Jill Balcon as Lady Hester and Alan Rowe as Charles Meryon
'Her name was as familiar to me in my childhood as that of Robinson Crusoe - but the true story of the English woman ruling over Arabs always sounded to me like a fable.'
Narrator David Strong

Contributors

Writer:
Peter Yapp
Producer/Director:
Christopher Venning
Lady Hester:
Jill Balcon
Charles Meryon:
Alan Rowe
Narrator:
David Strong
Other voices:
Irene Sutcliffe
Other voices:
Nicolette McKenzie
Other voices:
Christopher Masters
Other voices:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Other voices:
James Thomason
Other voices:
Kevin Brennan
Other voices:
Haydn Jones
Other voices:
Paul Meier
Other voices:
Douglas Blackwell
Other voices:
Neville Jason
Other voices:
Leslie Heritage
Other voices:
Walter Hall
Other voices:
Garrick Hagon
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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