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Lantern Slides

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By Mark Pottle , based on the diaries and letters written by Violet Bonham
Carter - daughter of Herbert Asquith - between 1904 and 1918. This dramatisation deals with a period in her life in which an intense relationship brought her great joy - until its tragic conclusion.
Helena Bonham Carter plays Violet, her real-life grandmother.
Director Cherry Cookson
* "Playing my own grandmother was eerie": page 26

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Pottle
Written By:
Violet Bonham
Unknown:
Herbert Asquith
Unknown:
Helena Bonham Carter
Director:
Cherry Cookson
Archie Gordon:
Alex Jennings
Narrator:
John Rowe
Source: Radio Times

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