Where Angels Fear To Tread

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EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread: Episode 6

EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread

Episode 6

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As Harriet and Philip arrive to rescue Lilia's son, Philip becomes captivated by Italy.

As Harriet and Philip arrive to rescue Lilia's son, Philip finds himself captivated by Italy. With Sian Thomas and Jamie Bamber.

Philip and Harriet arrive in Monteriano to rescue the unfortunate Lilia's beastly baby from the horrors of an Italian upbringing, 

But Philip finds himself once more captivated by the country he is supposed to decry. 

EM Forster's deliciously witty story of English conventions confounded by the romanticism of Italy.

Debut novel first published in 1905.

Dramatised ten parts by Penny Leicester.

Narrator ...... Sian Thomas
Philip ...... Jamie Bamber
Caroline ...... Emilia Fox
MrsHerriton ...... Sara Kestelman
Harriet ...... Deborah Findlay
Lilia ...... Teresa Gallagher
Gino ...... Tom George
Irma ...... Imogen Hamilton-Jones

Director: Di Speirs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2003.

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English prejudices clash with Italian passions in EM Forster's first novel.

English prejudices clash with Italian passions in EM Forster's first novel, published in 1905.

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