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New Grub Street

Christopher Douglas

Henry Lloyd-Hughes

Sam Alexander

Olivia Hallinan

Jonathan Keeble

Emily Pithon

Victoria Brazier

Gary Brown

George Gissing

New Grub Street: Episode 2

Episode 2

BBC Radio 4 - New Grub Street, Episode 2

In a post-modern twist that would irritate Ed Reardon, Christopher Douglas plays Victorian novelist George Gissing.

Edwin Reardon's struggles as a serious novelist have created a rift between himself and his wife Amy. 

Meanwhile Jasper Milvain seems drawn to the bookish Marian Yule. 

BBC Radio 4's Ed Reardon and Jaz Milvain are loosely based on characters from George Gissing's Victorian novel.

Starring Christopher Douglas and Henry Lloyd-Hughes

Conclusion dramatised by Christopher Douglas.

George Gissing ...... Christopher Douglas 
Jasper Milvain ...... Henry Lloyd-Hughes 
Edwin Reardon ...... Sam Alexander 
Amy/Edith ...... Emily Pithon 
Marian Yule ...... Olivia Hallinan 
Alfred Yule/Quarmby ...... Jonathan Keeble 
Dora Milvain/Maid ...... Victoria Brazier 

Director: Gary Brown

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2016.

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Christopher Douglas adapts George Gissing's 1891 novel.

Christopher Douglas adapts George Gissing's 1891 novel set in the literary world of late 19th-century London.

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