Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,706 playable programmes from the BBC

Walter de la Mare - Memoirs of a Midget

3. The Circus

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

Miss M's determination to be free leads her into the world of the circus - and danger...

The diminutive Miss M struggles to find her place in Victorian society.

A haunting story of love, intrigue and obsession.

Starring Emma Fielding.

Walter de la Mare's surrealistic novel - first published in 1921.

Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.

Miss M ... Emma Fielding
Sir Walter Pollacke .... John Church
Mrs Monnerie .... Anna Massey
Susan Monnerie .... Federay Holmes
Fanny Bowater .... Sylvestra Le Touzel
Mr Anon .... Robert Glenister
Captain Valentine .... David Holt
Percy Maudlen .... Charles Simpson
Adam Waggett .... Matthew Morgan
Gypsy Woman .... Susan Brown
Showman .... John Junkin
Mrs Bowater .... Jill Graham

Director: Martin Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1993 Show less

About this data

This data is drawn from the data stream that informs BBC's iPlayer and Sounds. The information shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was/is subject to change and may not be accurate. More