When Lady Carlotta is mistaken for Miss Hope, the new governess, she takes up the job with relish applying a freshly invented technique of child-rearing to her new charges.

The ensuing chaos is all too 'modern' for the parents.

Five Tales by Saki (HH Munro), dramatised by Roger Davenport.

Lady Carlotta ...... Jennie Stoller
Mrs Quabarl ...... Jemma Churchill
Mr Quabarl / Carter ...... Philip Fox
Station Master / Jack ...... Timothy Morand
Irene ...... Emily Wachter

Director: Ned Chaillet

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2005. Show less