by Victor Hugo, adapted for radio in 16 parts by Barry Campbell, Constance Cox and Val Gielgud
with Robert Hardy, Trevor Martin, Jean Rogers, David March and Geoffrey Bayldon.
Jean Valjean has escaped from his second term in the galleys. He is presumed drowned. Cosette has been rescued by Valjean from the Thenardiers' ale-house and he has fulfilled his promise to her dead mother by taking the child with him to Paris. But Valjean's old enemy, Inspector Javert , has not abandoned his pursuit....