 Birdcage Walk

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Hattie Morahan

Carl Prekopp

Helen Dunmore

Sara Davies

Julian Wilkinson

Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore: Episode 2

Birdcage Walk

Episode 2

Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore

BBC Radio 4 - Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore, Episode 2

Lizzie's mother has shocking news which explains her sickness.

Lizzie's mother has shocking news explaining and Diner prepares to sell the house. Read by Hattie Morahan and Carl Prekopp.

Lizzie's mother has shocking news which explains her sickness. 

And Lizzie and her property developer husband Diner must display their house to prospective buyers. 

Based in Bristol in 1792, Helen Dunmore's novel is set against a backdrop of the French Revolution.

It touches on Radical idealism, property speculation, political turmoil and private tragedy...

Read by Hattie Morahan and Carl Prekopp

Abridged by Sara Davies.

Producer: Julian Wilkinson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2017.

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Helen Dunmore's novel is set in Bristol in 1792 as revolution blazes in France.

Helen Dunmore's novel is set in Bristol in 1792 as revolution blazes in France. Abridged by Sara Davies. Read by Hattie Morahan and Carl Prekopp.

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