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EF Benson - Queen Lucia

EF Benson - Queen Lucia: Episode 1: The Guru

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Episode 1: The Guru

The Guru

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Lucia returns to her beloved Riseholme but an upstart is controlling village cultural life

4 Extra Debut. In the summer of 1920, Lucia returns to her beloved Riseholme. But an upstart is controlling village cultural life. Stars Barbara Jefford.

Summer 1920: Lucia (Mrs Philip Lucas) returns to her beloved Riseholme after the exhausting social round in London. But all, it seems, is not well. 

In her absence an upstart has assumed control of the cultural life of the village. The light of battle enters Lucia's eye. 

A five-part comedy series based on the novel by EF Benson, dramatised and narrated by Aubrey Woods.

Stars Barbara Jefford as Lucia, Jonathan Cecil as Georgie Pillson, Jane Wenham as Daisy Quantock and Bernard Brown as Colonel Boucher.

Producer: John Cardy
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1984.

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The first book in the outrageously funny 'Mapp and Lucia' series.

The first book in the outrageously funny 'Mapp and Lucia' series. Mrs Lucas vigorously guards her status as Queen of the village despite occasional attempts to overthrow her. Stars Barbara Jefford.

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