The Frederica Quartet (Omnibus)

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A Whistling Woman

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Frederica meets an old flame and her new TV series starts.

Frederica meets an old flame and her new TV series starts but a fire at the farm has a devastating outcome. Stars Indira Varma.

* This programme was to have been broadcast on Sunday 11th September but was postponed following the death of Her Majesty The Queen. *

AS Byatt novel adaptations chronicling the lives of the Potter family, set against the social and political landscape of England of 1953-1970.

‘The Frederica Quartet’ comprises:

'The Virgin in the Garden' [1978]
'Still Life' [1985]
'Babel Tower' [1996]
'A Whistling Woman' [2002].

This omnibus covers the conclusion of ‘A Whistling Woman’ - episodes 3 to 7 of 7

Frederica meets an old flame and her new TV series starts but a fire at the farm has a devastating outcome. 

Older Frederica …. Rosemary Leach
Frederica ….  Indira Varma
Leo ….  Leagh Conwell
Jacqueline …. Alison Pettitt
John Ottaker …. Richard Coyle
Luk ….  Janek Lesniak
Ruth …. Jasmine Hyde
William …. Philip Cross
Gideon …. Stephen Critchlow 
Mary …. Bethany Hague
Daniel ….  Shaun Dooley
Winifred …. Barbara Flynn
Bill ….  Geoffrey Whitehead
John Ramsden ….  Ben Thomas
Hodgkiss …. Gerard McDermott
Marcus …. Carl Prekopp 
Eichenbaum ….  Peter Marinker
Surtees …. Ben Onwukwe
Tewfel …. Peter Darney
Wijnnobel ….  Ian Masters

Dramatised by John Harvey.

Producer: Sally Avens.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2002.

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Omnibus edition of a dramatisation of AS Byatt's novels about the Potter family

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