Secret Lives

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EF Benson - Secret Lives: Episode 1: 1. A Most Desirable Address

EF Benson - Secret Lives

Episode 1

Episode 1: 1. A Most Desirable Address

1. A Most Desirable Address

BBC Radio 4 Extra - EF Benson - Secret Lives, 1. A Most Desirable Address

Mrs Mantrip hopes that a new neighbour won't lower the tone of her beloved Durham Square.

Mrs Mantrip hopes that a new neighbour won't lower the tone of her beloved Durham Square. Stars Pauline Collins and Margot Boyd.

A Most Desirable Address is how Durham Square is unerringly described by its inhabitants.

But is this treasured status soon to be eroded by the arrival of Miss Susan Leg?

Starring Pauline Collins.

EF Benson’s comedy novel, first published in 1932. 

Dramatised in three parts by Aubrey Woods.  

Susan Leg    ......    Pauline Collins
Margaret Mantrip    ......    Margot Boyd
Jimmie Mason    ......    Ronald Herdman
Elizabeth Conklin    ......    Rachel Gurney
Lady Eva Lowndes    ......    Pauline Letts 
Mr Cartwright    ......    Peter Howell
Arthur Armstrong MP    ......    Edward de Souza
Bosanquet    ......    John Church
Vicar    ......    Tim Reynolds
Miss Ascham    ......    Sheila Grant
Mr Woodstock    ......    Manning Wilson
Figus    ......    George Parsons
Ellen    ......    Jennifer Piercey
Foreman    ......    Gordon Reid
Receptionist    ......    Jonathan Tafler 
Dealer    ......    Andrew Branch 

Narrated by Aubrey Woods.

Assorted dogs played by the cast. 

Music by John Owen Edwards.

Producer: Ian Cotterell 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1987

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Mrs Mantrip hopes that a new neighbour won't lower the tone of her beloved Durham Square. Starring Pauline Collins and Margot Boyd.

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