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Winter 1913 finds Frank Reid, owner of a Moscow printing company, abandoned by his wife.

4 Extra Debut. Winter 1913 finds Frank Reid, the English owner of a Moscow printing company, abandoned by his wife. Narrated by Clare Higgins.

Penelope Fitzgerald's novel of an English family in Moscow, adapted by Penny Leicester.  The winter of 1913 finds Frank Reid, owner of a printing company, abandoned by his wife.  First Nellie takes their three children with her, then she sends them back to Frank.  What is he to do?

Narrator: Clare Higgins; Frank: Richard McCabe; Selwyn: David Bamber; Nellie: Jennifer Lee Jellicorse; Dolly: Charlotte Ellis.  Other parts played by Sonia Ritter, Rachel Atkins, Samuel Barnet, Richard Bremmer and David Collins.  Producer: Tim Dee.

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Penny Leicester's adaption of Penelope Lively's novel of an English family in Moscow

Penny Leicester's adaption of Penelope Lively's novel of an English family in Moscow, set in 1913

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