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Classic Serial: Germinal

Classic Serial: Emile Zola - Germinal: 20/01/2007

20/01/2007

Emile Zola - Germinal

BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, Emile Zola - Germinal, 20/01/2007

Zola's story of a revolutionary outside in France 1860, dramatised by Diana Griffiths.

Germinal: Emile Zola's masterpiece brought vividly to life, set in 1860s France. Dramatised by Diana Griffiths.

Germinal

Emile Zola's masterpiece brought vividly to life, dramatised by Diana Griffiths. Set in 1860s France, a struggling mining community takes refuge in the revolutionary young outsider, Étienne.

Narrator ...... David Bradley 
Etienne ...... Joe Absolom 
Catherine ...... Emily Chennery
Maheu ...... Charles Dale
La Maheude ...... Deborah McAndrew
Bonnemort ...... Peter Armitage
Souvarine ....... Gary Lewis 
Chaval ...... Leigh Symonds
Paul Negrel ..... James Nickerson
La Mouquette ...... Vicky Binns
Jeanlin ...... Aidan Parsons
Lydie ...... Daisy Jones.

Classic Serial: Emile Zola - Germinal

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Emile Zola's masterpiece brought vividly to life, dramatised by Diana Griffiths

Emile Zola's masterpiece brought vividly to life, dramatised by Diana Griffiths. Set in 1860s France, a struggling mining community takes refuge in the revolutionary young outsider, Étienne

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