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The Return of the Native

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

by THOMAS HARDY dramatised for radio in six parts by DESMOND HAWKINS with Susan Penhaligon as Eustacia Vye Patrick Mower as Diggory Venn
Alan Moore as Wildeve Susan Bovell as Thomasin
1: The Night of the Bonfires
'Along the one road which crossed the heath a spring-cart was moving. It was bright red, and so was the man who walked beside it. Face, hands, clothes - all were a vivid red ... '
Producer BRIAN MILLER BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Tuesday 3.5 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Hardy
Unknown:
Desmond Hawkins
Unknown:
Susan Penhaligon
Unknown:
Eustacia Vye
Unknown:
Patrick Mower
Unknown:
Diggory Venn
Unknown:
Alan Moore
Unknown:
Wildeve Susan Bovell
Producer:
Brian Miller
Vicar:
Douglas Leach
Mrs Yeobright:
Peggy Ann Wood
Captain Vye:
Donald Bisset
Sam:
John Barker
Fairway:
Robert Brown
Christian:
Douglas Leach
Oily Dowden:
Pauline Letts
Granfer Cantle:
Hedley Goodall
Humphrey:
Kit Thacker
Susan Nunsuch:
Margot Young
Johnny:
Wakely Cox
Source: Radio Times

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