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Mrs Miniver by Jan Struther: 1. Mrs Miniver Comes Home / 2. On Hampstead Heath

1. Mrs Miniver Comes Home / 2. On Hampstead Heath

Mrs Miniver by Jan Struther

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Mrs Miniver by Jan Struther, 1. Mrs Miniver Comes Home / 2. On Hampstead Heath

First appearing in The Times in 1937, the engaging stories of an English housewife.

The engaging stories of a 1930s English housewife from normality after holidays to a weekend outing. Read by Penelope Wilton.

Mrs Miniver first appeared in a series of articles on the Court page of 'The Times' newspaper in 1937, and was later immortalised in the wartime movie starring Greer Garson. 

The series brings together ten of Jan Struther's original engaging stories about an English housewife.

Penelope Wilton reads the first two tales:  

'Mrs Miniver Comes Home' 
'On Hampstead Heath'.

Produced at BBC Bristol by Sara Davies.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2001.

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The engaging stories of an English housewife. Read by Penelope Wilton.

Created in The Times of 1937 and immortalised on film, the engaging stories of an English housewife. Read by Penelope Wilton.

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