Friendship blossoms at the village laundrette, but will Ma Gaily approve?
Susan Hill's novel of family ties, friendship and loneliness, set in the small Midland village of Haverstock.
Starring Patricia Hayes as Eleanor Thorne, Gwen Watford as Dorothea Shottery, Stephanie Cole as Alida Thorne, Sian Phillips as Isabel Lavender, Anna Cropper as Florence Ames and Pauline Letts as Ma Gaily.
Adapted by Bill Matthews.
Music by Peter Salem
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993. Show less