The Admirable Crichton

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Fiona Kelcher

JM Barrie - The Admirable Crichton

Drama: Classic & Period

Comedy: Satire

BBC Radio 4 Extra - JM Barrie - The Admirable Crichton

Adaptation of JM Barrie's satire about the fortunes of Crichton, the perfect butler.

Every shipwrecked Victorian aristocrat needs a butler by their side. Classic satire of society snobbery. Starring Russell Tovey.

Russell Tovey stars in JM Barrie's classic satire about the changing fortunes of Crichton, the perfect butler. 

Liberal aristocrat Lord Loam favours a return to nature, with masters and servants living together as equals, but Crichton is the perfect butler and the perfect snob who adores the intricacies of the class system. He cannot help but be horrified by his master's opinions, and it will take a sea change to alter them. 

Crichton ...... Russell Tovey
JM Barrie ...... David Bannerman 
Lady Mary ...... Beth Chalmers 
Lord Loam ...... David Timson
Lady Agatha ...... Martha Howe-Douglas
Ernest Woolley ...... Gunnar Cauthery
Tweeny ...... Lizzy Watts
Rev John Treherne ...... Adrian Grove
Lord Brocklehurst ...... Stephen Hogan
Lady Brocklehurst ...... Tina Gray

Abridged and directed by Fiona Kelcher. 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2009

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