Iris Murdoch: A Severed Head

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Julian Rhind-Tutt

Victoria Hamilton

Matthew Marsh

Helen Schlesinger

Rhiannon Neads

Sam Dale

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Stephen Wakelam

Sally Avens

Iris Murdoch: A Severed Head: Episode 1

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Episode 1

BBC Radio 4 - Iris Murdoch: A Severed Head, Episode 1

Iris Murdoch's satire on analysis as a group of over-cultivated characters swap partners.

4 Extra Debut. A group of over-cultivated characters attempt to behave in a civilised manner as they swap partners. Stars Julian Rhind-Tutt.

When Martin Lynch-Gibbon's wife runs off with her analyst and his best friend, Palmer Anderson, the three characters attempt to behave in a civilised manner.

But there is the matter of Martin's mistress and Palmer's sister to contend with - and undoubtedly the thin veneer of civilisation will crack... 

Iris Murdoch's witty and wise story dramatised in five parts by Stephen Wakelam.

Martin ..... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Antonia ..... Victoria Hamilton
Palmer Anderson ..... Mattthew Marsh
Honor Klein ..... Helen Schlesinger
Georgie ..... Rhiannon Neads
Alexander ..... Sam Dale

Director: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2015.

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Satire on the sexual shenanigans of an overly cultivated group of characters in thrall to Freudian analysis. Dramatised by Stephen Wakelam.

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