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Les Misérables: 2: Fantine

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by Victor Hugo
In 1796 Jean Valjean was sent to the galleys for stealing a loaf of bread. After 19 years he is released, but finds himself driven from every door until the Bishop of Digne gives him food and shelter. Valjean repays the good old man by making off in the middle of the night with his silver.
(Sunday's broadcast)

Contributors

Author:
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo/Narrator:
Robert Hardy
Jean Valjean:
Trevor Martin
Fantine:
Morag Hood
Bishop of Digne:
George Howe
Madame Magloire:
Anne Jameson
Baptistine:
Grizelda Hervey
Little Gervais:
Elizabeth Lindsay
Tholomyes:
Neil Stacy
Listolier:
Anthony Smee
Fameuil:
Christopher Bidmead
Blacheville:
David Graham
Dahlia:
Norma Ronald
Favourite:
Shirley Dixon
Zephine:
Joanna Wake
Madame Thenardier:
Margaret Robertson
Thenardier:
Malcolm Hayes
Source: Radio Times

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