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Classic Serial: The Sea, The Sea

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Iris Murdoch 's Booker Prize-winning novel, dramatised in four parts, with John Wood as Charles and Joyce Redman as Hartley.
2: The Light and Fire of My Life. By the wildest coincidence, Charles has discovered that Hartley, his "first and only true love", is now living in the village. Forty-five years on, love burns more strongly than ever. Is this to be a doomed brief encounter, or absolute happiness at last?
Cellist Peter Esswood Music: Elizabeth Parker
Dramatised by Richard Crane
Director Faynia Williams

Contributors

Unknown:
Iris Murdoch
Unknown:
John Wood
Unknown:
Joyce Redman
Unknown:
Peter Esswood
Music:
Elizabeth Parker
Dramatised By:
Richard Crane
Director:
Faynia Williams
Rosina:
Sian Phillips
Lizzie:
Tamara Ustinov
Peregrine:
T P McKenna
James:
Terrence Hardiman
Young Hartley:
Rachel Atkins
Young Charles:
David Holt
Young james:
Sam Crane
Ben:
Keith Drinkel
Source: Radio Times

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