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The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

An Everyday Story of Towering Genius by SUE UMB
The final episode of a soap opera in four parts, set in and around the Lake District at the turn of the 18th century.
Cholericke is indisposed.
William attempts to recollect an emotion. The Lumps arrive.
Dorothy prepares tea and Mary Lump goes mad....
Music by STEPHEN OLIVER SungbyCANTABILE Producer
JONATHAN JAMES-MOORE Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Lump
Music By:
Stephen Oliver
Unknown:
Jonathan James-Moore
Dorothy Wordsmith:
Coffey Coffey
William Wordsmith:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Samuel Tailor Cholericke:
Simon Callow
Charles Lump:
Nicholas Le Prevost
Mary Lump:
Julia Hills
Stinking Iris:
Miriam Margolyes
Leechpedlar:
Chris Emmett
Source: Radio Times

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