The Fair Intellectual Club

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Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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Lewis Macleod

Simon Donaldson

Caroline Deyga

Jessica Hardwick

Samara MacLaren

Marilyn Imrie

Gordon Kennedy

Lucy Porter

The Fair Intellectual Club: A Rendezvous with Mr Voltaire

A Rendezvous with Mr Voltaire

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The young ladies teach Voltaire the value of free speech and new uses for broom handles.

The young ladies teach Voltaire the value of free speech and new uses for broom handles. Stars Lewis Macleod. From 2018.

Lucy Porter's sitcom takes us to Edinburgh in the early 18th Century. 

Monsieur Voltaire has been thrown out of France for immorality and has come to see his old friend Robert 

He trades philosophical maxims with Ishbel and the fellow members of her secret society - Alison and Marjory. 

The scholarly young ladies teach him the value of free speech and a brand new use for a broom handle.

Voltaire    ......    Lewis Macleod
Robert    ......    Simon Donaldson
Ishbel    ......    Caroline Deyga
Alison    ......    Jessica Hardwick
Marjory    ......    Samara MacLaren

Music by Aly Macrae.

Director: Marilyn Imrie
Producer: Gordon Kennedy

An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2016.

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