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Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm: 4. Flora's Rights Again

Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm

4. Flora's Rights Again

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm, 4. Flora's Rights Again

As Elfine's wedding day nears, only Aunt Ada Doom is hindering Flora's campaign.

As Elfine's wedding day draws near, only Aunt Ada Doom is hindering Flora's campaign. Comedy drama with Patricia Gallimore.

As the wedding draws near, Flora Poste wrestles with Aunt Ada Doom. Will she get her rights at last?

Starring Patricia Gallimore and Elizabeth Proud.

Conclusion of Stella Gibbons' tale of early-20th-century rural England. 

Dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.

Flora Poste ..... Patricia Gallimore
Stella Gibbons ..... Elizabeth Proud
John Westbrook ..... John Westbrook
Reuben Starkadder ..... Trevor Martin
Judith Starkadder Margaret Robertson
Adam Lambsbreath ..... Cyril Shaps 
Seth Starkadder ..... Sion Probert 
Amos Starkadder ..... John Hollis 
Micah Starkadder ..... Alexander John
Richard Hawk-Monitor ..... Stephen Garlick
The Abbé Fausse-Maigre ..... Malcolm Hayes
Aunt Ada Doom ..... Fabia Drake
Mrs Beetle ..... Miriam Margolyes
Mr Mybug ..... Michael Spice
Harkaway Starkadder ..... David Timson
Urk Starkadder ..... Christopher Scott 
 Rennett Starkadder ..... Christine Absalom 
Mrs Hawk-Monitor ..... Margot Boyd 
Elfine Starkadder ..... Jane Knowles 
Charl;es Fairford .....  David McAlister  
Earl P Neck ..... Nigel Anthony
Dr Mudel ..... John Rye
Letty ..... Pauline Letts
Susan ..... Diana Bishop

Music: Terence Allbright

Director: Ian Cotterell 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1981

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Flora Poste embarks on a career as a parasite and moves in with the Starkadders of Howling

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