Penelope Wilton and Lyndsey Marshal star in this high Victorian tale of a woman who runs her own bank.

Hester Vernon, having invited her disgraced cousin to be her junior in the bank, finds his ambition for growth hard to control and there is also his wife - Lady Ellen - to take into account.

Margaret Oliphant's novel first published in 1883.

Dramatised by Kate Clanchy & Zena Forster.

Margaret Oliphant .... Penelope Wilton
Hester Vernon .... Lyndsey Marshal
Lady Ellen .... Jasmine Hyde
Catherine Vernon .... Lizzy Watts
Edward Vernon .... Joseph Kloska

Director: Jonquil Panting

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014. Show less