with Linsey Beauchamp
Anton Lesser , Peter Davison Emrys James , Anna Cropper Hilary Mason dramatised by JOHN HARVEY from the novel by ARNOLD BENNETT
The last of four episodes
Anna has agreed to marry Henry Mynors , but he has failed to keep the appointment to ask for her father's permission. Anna's freedom has its limits set by the social pressures of her time - a fate she shares with Willie Price.
Music composed and conducted by NIGEL HESS
Production associate CAROL PARKS Videotape editor IVOR WILLIAMS Designer MICHAEL EDWARDS Produced by COLIN ROGERS Directed by martyn friend
BBC Pebble Mill
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