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Sarah Wooley's comedy drama about festivals and the start of a legendary literary romance.

Comedy drama by Sarah Wooley about the Cheltenham Literary Festival and the origins of a legendary literary romance.

by Sarah Wooley 

A comedy drama about festivals and the start of a legendary literary romance. 
In 1962, novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard took on the job of running the Cheltenham Literary Festival. It was to be a baptism of fire.

Directed by Gaynor Macfarlane 



With Olivier Award nominee Melody Grove (Farinelli and the King).

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