Secret Lives

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EF Benson - Secret Lives: Episode 2: 2. A Most Salubrious Seaside Resort

EF Benson - Secret Lives

Episode 2

Episode 2: 2. A Most Salubrious Seaside Resort

2. A Most Salubrious Seaside Resort

BBC Radio 4 Extra - EF Benson - Secret Lives, 2. A Most Salubrious Seaside Resort

Susan Leg wants to keep her neighbours guessing about 'Rudolf da Vinci'.

Susan Leg longs for social success and wants to keep her neighbours guessing about 'Rudolf da Vinci'. Stars Pauline Collins.

'A most salubrious seaside resort' is an apt description of Brighton. 

But will the arrival of Mr Arthur Armstrong - critic, poet, novelist and Labour Member of Parliament - make it even more attractive to Miss Susan Leg?

Starring Pauline Collins.

EF Benson’s comedy novel, first published in 1932.

Dramatised by Aubrey Woods.

Miss Susan Leg ...... Pauline Collins
Margaret Mantrip ...... Margot Boyd
Jimmie Mason ...... Ronald Herdman
Elizabeth Conklin ...... Rachel Gurney
Lady Eva Lowndes ...... Pauline Letts
Mr Cartwright ...... Peter Howell
Arthur Armstrong MP ...... Edward de Souza
Bosanquet ...... John Church
Vicar ...... Tim Reynolds
Minnie Mimps ...... Sheila Grant
Head Waiter...... Manning Wilson
Mr Puffy ...... George Parsons
Doctor ...... Gordon Reid
Receptionist ...... Jonathan Tafler
Augustus ...... Andrew Branch
Vicar    ......    Tim Reynolds  

Narrated by Aubrey Woods.

Music by John Owen Edwards.

Producer: Ian Cotterell 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1987

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Mrs Mantrip hopes that a new neighbour won't lower the tone of her beloved Durham Square.

Mrs Mantrip hopes that a new neighbour won't lower the tone of her beloved Durham Square. Starring Pauline Collins and Margot Boyd.

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