Valley of the Dolls

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Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls: 10. A Falling Star

Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls

10. A Falling Star

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Neely has won an Academy Award, but her second marriage is already on the rocks.

Neely has won an Academy Award, but her second marriage is already on the rocks. Jacqueline Susann drama with Madeleine Potter.

Neely is still fighting for a divorce but the studio won't let her as they want to protect her girl-next-door image.  Meanwhile, she becomes ever more reliant on drink and drugs.

The 1960s best seller by Jacqueline Susann. Three beautiful young women become best friends as they carve out careers in the entertainment industry.


Dramatised by Yvonne Antrobus

Anne Welles... Madeleine Potter
John Sykes... Ian Porter
Kevin... Kerry Shale
Studio Head ...Nathan Osgood
Nelly O'Hara ...Barbara Barnes
Shirley ...Coleen Prendergast

Producer Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005.

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Jacqueline Susann's drama about three women who head to New York in search of a career.

Dramatisation of Jacqueline Susann's book about three young women who head to New York in search of a career.

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