In a Paris wine shop, information is exchanged about the courtship of Lucie Manette and Charles Darnay.

Meanwhile in London, it appears that a wedding is indeed in the air.

Charles Dickens's novel published in 1859 - set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution.

Starring Robert Lindsay and Alison Steadman.

Dramatised by Mike Walker

Charles Dickens .... Robert Lindsay
Jarvis Lorry .... Jonathan Coy
Miss Pross ... Alison Steadman
Dr Alexandre Manette .... Karl Johnson
Lucie Manette .... Lydia Wilson
Charles Darnay ... Andrew Scott
Sydney Carton .... Paul Ready
Ernest Defarge .... James Lailey
Therese Defarge .... Tracy Wiles
Barsad .... Gerard McDermott
Jerry Cruncher .... Carl Prekopp
Natty Cruncher .... Daniel Cooper
Prison Warder .... Simon Bubb
With Adam Billington and Christopher Webster

Music by Lennert Busch.

Director: Jessica Dromgoole & Jeremy Mortimer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2011. Show less