The Fair Intellectual Club

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Caroline Deyga

Jessica Hardwick

Simon Donaldson

Samara MacLaren

Marilyn Imrie

Gordon Kennedy

Lucy Porter

The Fair Intellectual Club: A Fling with Mr Franklin

A Fling with Mr Franklin

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Fair Intellectual Club, A Fling with Mr Franklin

Ben Franklin arrives in a thunderstorm and wins the Fair Intellectuals' hearts and minds.

Sparks fly when inventor Benjamin Franklin meets the ladies of a secret scholarly society. Stars Gavin Mitchell. From 2016.

A young American inventor named Ben Franklin ends up in Edinburgh. The young ladies of a secret scholarly society are seduced by his exciting talk of the New World and his intellectual prowess. 

An elopement is on the cards as Marjory is set to be torn from the wrinkly arms of her fiancé. Will the girls leave their beloved Scotland? 

Sparks fly and electricity abounds in the final episode of Lucy Porter's 18th Century Sitcom.

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

Music by Aly Macrae

Director: Marilyn Imrie

Producer: Gordon Kennedy

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

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Lucy Porter's sitcom set in pre-enlightenment Edinburgh.

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