"Come rue, come snow. So maides mun go."

Plans for Elfine's wedding day test Flora's organisational skills.

In 1932, Stella Gibbons' book was acclaimed as a wickedly funny send-up of a certain kind of heavy-breathing novel about the doom-laden everyday life of country folk. Since then it has become a classic of comedy in its own right.

Abridged in six parts and produced by Pamela Howe.

Concluded by Kenneth Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1974. Show less