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Vanity Fair: Episode 3

Vanity Fair

Episode 3

BBC Radio 4 - Vanity Fair, Episode 3

Al Murray stars as his ancestor Thackeray in this anarchic adaptation by Jim Poyser

Al Murray is the direct descendent of William Makepeace Thackeray and plays him in this surreal adaptation.

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray. Dramatised by Jim Poyser with additional material by Al Murray.
Thackeray's celebrated satire on money, class and sex  in nineteenth century England given a new makeover in this pacey, anarchic adaptation. George Osborne is dead, leaving Amelia bereft. She is unaware of his betrayal with Becky Sharp. Starring Ellie White as Becky, Helen O'Hara as Amelia and Al Murray playing his ancestor William Makepeace Thackeray.

Thackeray (narrator)...................Al Murray
Becky Sharp......................Ellie White
Amelia Sedley..................Helen O'Hara
Rawdon Crawley..............Blake Ritson
Jos Sedley..........................Thom Tuck
George Osborne..............Rupert Hill
Dobbin................................Graeme Hawley
Mrs Bute.........................Emma Gregory
Mr Sedley..........................Jonathan Keeble
Mr Osborne....................Malcolm Raeburn
Pitt.......................................Lloyd Peters
Miss Briggs......................Fiona Clarke
Director/Producer Gary Brown.

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A new anarchic production of Vanity Fair starring Al Murray and Ellie White.

Comedian Al Murray plays his ancestor William Makepeace Thackeray as the unreliable narrator in this new dramatisation by Jim Poyser.

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