Wilkie Collins 's Victorian thriller is dramatised in four episodes by Martyn Wade. 1: Walter Hartright meets a strange woman dressed in white as he returns home across Hampstead Heath late one night. He is about to travel north to take up a post as drawing masterto two young ladies. Little does he realise how this chance encounter and his new position are inextricably linked.
Director Cherry Cookson. Music Elizabeth Parker. Repeated Saturday BBC RADIO COLLECTION: The Woman in White is available on cassette at all good retailers and www.bbcshop.com. Call [number removed]