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The Pumpkin Eater (Omnibus)

Penelope Mortimer - The Pumpkin Eater (Omnibus)

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The Pumpkin Eater

08/08/2015

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Penelope Mortimer - The Pumpkin Eater (Omnibus)

Helen McCrory stars in Penelope Mortimer's study of marriage, dramatised by Georgia Fitch

Mrs Armitage talks to a psychiatrist about her desire for more children. Darkly witty 1962 study of marriage with Helen McCrory.

Helen McCrory and Paul Ready star in Penelope Mortimer's stark portrait of marriage and motherhood from 1962.
 
Mrs Armitage is encouraged by her successful screenwriter husband, Jake, to talk to a psychiatrist about her apparent compulsion to keep having children.

Omnibus of five parts dramatised by Georgia Fitch.
 
Mrs Armitage.....Helen McCrory
Jake Armitage.....Paul Ready
Doctor.....Chris Pavlo
Father.....Stephen Critchlow
Philpot/Dinah.....Rhiannon Neads
Bob Conway.....Mark Edel-Hunt
Beth Conway.....Alex Tregear
Giles.....Sam Dale
Journalist.....Neet Mohan
 
Director: Emma Harding

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2015.

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