Close menu

Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 280,409 playable programmes from the BBC

Surgeon Memsahib

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

In 1938 Margaret Shepherd, newly married and highly qualified as a surgeon, went to India to work with her husband, also a surgeon. Her parents, in Westmorland, preserved the letters she wrote home every week and her niece Elizabeth Bond has drawn on them to construct a picture of her aunt's unusual career

With Rosemary Leach as Margaret Shepherd

BBC Manchester

Contributors

Author:
Margaret Shepherd
Adapted by:
Elizabeth Bond
Margaret Shepherd:
Rosemary Leach
Producer:
Gillian Hugh
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 4 FM

About BBC Radio 4

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Appears in

Suggest an Edit

We are trying to reflect the information printed in the Radio Times magazine.

  • Press the 'Suggest an Edit' button
  • Type in any changes to the title, synopsis or contributor information using the Radio Times Style Guide for reference.
  • Click the Submit Edits button.
    Your changes will be sent for verification and if accepted, will appear in due course More