Moll Flanders

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Jessica Hynes

Ben Miles

Alison Steadman

Blake Ritson

Sean Baker

Nick Underwood

Elizabeth Bennett

Jason Barnett

Claire Perkins

Alex Jarett

Brian Protheroe

Kirsty Oswald

James Lailey

Tom Forrister

Sam Rix

Daniel Defoe

Nick Perry

Sasha Yevtushenko

Moll Flanders: Episode 2

Defoe: Moll Flanders

Episode 2

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Moll Flanders, Episode 2

Jessica Hynes plays the woman who inspired Daniel Defoe's eponymous heroine.

Can our 18th century heroine be saved from a certain fate at the Old Bailey?   Stars Jessica Hynes and Ben Miles.

After meeting Elizabeth Atkins in Newgate gaol, Daniel Defoe has begun to turn her stranger-than-fiction life story into the narrative of Moll Flanders.

He's convinced it will make a best seller and so placate his many creditors. But he has only managed to pen half a manuscript when Elizabeth is arrested and sent back to Newgate, charged with numerous capital offences. Defoe tracks her down so that she can conclude her story, but can she be saved from a certain fate at the Old Bailey? 

Will Defoe find a happy ending for his Moll Flanders in this concluding episode.? 

Dramatist Nick Perry plays fast and loose with this 18th century classic, melding fiction and reality in a manner inspired by Daniel Defoe.

Moll Flanders    ......    Jessica Hynes
Daniel Defoe    ......    Ben Miles
Mother Midnight    ......    Alison Steadman
Jemmy    ......    Blake Ritson
Gaoler    ......    Sean Baker
Rob    ......    Nick Underwood
Mother    ......    Elizabeth Bennett
Merchant    ......    Jason Barnett
Landlady    ......    Claire Perkins
Child    ......    Alex Jarett
Mr Mist    ......    Brian Protheroe
Lucy    ......    Kirsty Oswald
Mercer    ......    James Lailey
Court Clerk    ......    Tom Forrister
Apprentice    ......    Sam Rix

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2016.

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Nick Perry's free adaptation of the 18th-century classic. Starring Jessica Hynes

Nick Perry's free adaptation of the 18th-century classic. Starring Jessica Hynes and Ben Miles

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