The Cazalets: The Light Years

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Elizabeth Jane Howard - The Cazalets

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Elizabeth Jane Howard's saga follows the lives and loves of the Cazalet family

Elizabeth Jane Howard's saga follows the lives and loves of three generations of the Cazalet family over ten years

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Penelope Wilton

Dominic Mafham

Naomi Frederick

Helen Schlesinger

Shirley Dixon

Robert Blythe

Sarah Daniels

Elizabeth Jane Howard - The Cazalets: The Light Years: 3. Labour

3. Labour

The Light Years

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Sybil goes into labour early and Rachel is drafted in to help.

Sybil goes into labour early and Rachel is drafted in to help. Starring Sarah-Jane Holm and Dominic Mafham.

Sid and Rachel's day together is threatened by Sybil's pregnancy.

The Light Years tells the story of the extended Cazalet family.

Set in the lead up to the outbreak of the Second World War, it appears that the Cazalets have it all.

But we soon discover that infidelity, indiscretions, jealousies and misplaced loyalties lurk just beneath the surface.

Written by Elizabeth Jane Howard

Dramatised by Sarah Daniels

Narrator ...... Penelope Wilton
Sybil ...... Sarah-Jane Holm
Hugh ...... Dominic Mafham
Rachel ......  Naomi Frederick
Sid ...... Helen Schlesinger
The Duchy ...... Shirley Dixon
Dr. Carr ...... Robert Blythe

Producers & Directors: Sally Avens & Marion Nancarrow

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2013.

Elizabeth Jane Howard - The Cazalets: The Light Years

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Elizabeth Jane Howard's family saga set in the run up to the Second World War.

Elizabeth Jane Howard's family saga set in the run up to the Second World War, Dramatised by Sarah Daniels

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