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Festival

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Sarah Wooley

A comedy drama about festivals and the start of a legendary literary romance.
In 1962, novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard took on the job of running the Cheltenham Literary Festival. It was to be a baptism of fire.

Directed by Gaynor Macfarlane

With Olivier Award nominee Melody Grove (Farinelli and the King). Show less

Contributors

Elizabeth Jane Howard:
Melody Grove
John Moore:
Tony Gardner
Colin 'Monkey' Howard:
Will Howard
Kingsley Amis:
Jonathan Forbes
Carson McCullers:
Emma Handy
Gallery Owner:
Emma Handy
Councillor:
Emma Handy
James Douglas-Henry:
John Lightbody
Councillor:
John Lightbody
Peter Scott:
John Lightbody

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