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Elizabeth von Arnim - The Enchanted April (Omnibus)

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The Enchanted April - Omnibus

02/05/2015

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Elizabeth von Arnim - The Enchanted April (Omnibus)

An advert in The Times lures four women away from rainy London to the Italian Riviera.

A lovely tale of an advert in the Times which lures four women away from rainy London to a castle on the sunny Italian Riviera. From May 2015.

While at their Shaftesbury Avenue club on a rainy February day, Rosie and Lottie discover they've been reading the same advertisement in The Times:

'To those who Appreciate Wisteria and Sunshine. Small mediaeval Italian Castle on the shores of the Mediterranean to be let Furnished for the month of April.'

Can they seize this opportunity and escape to the sunny Italian Riviera or is it just an impossible dream?

Originally dramatised in 5 parts by Vivienne Allen from Elizabeth von Arnim's novel. 

Narrator...Jenny Funnell
Lotty ... Pippa Nixon
Rose ... Lyndsey Marshal
Mrs Fisher ... Joanna Monro
Caroline (Scrap) ... Rhiannon Neads
Mellersh ... Stephen Critchlow
Briggs ... Neet Mohan
Frederick ... Chris Pavlo
Francesca ... Jessica Turner

Director: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.

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