The Weather in the Streets

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Rosamond Lehmann - The Weather in the Streets

Drama: Relationships & Romance

10/02/2002

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Rosamond Lehmann - The Weather in the Streets

1930s London, Olivia meets Rollo again - and they embark on a secret affair.

Living a faintly bohemian life in 1930s London, Olivia meets Rollo again - and they embark on a secret affair. Stars Eve Best.

Olivia - whose rite of passage into adulthood was just revealed in 4 Extra's ‘Invitation to the Waltz’ - is now living a faintly bohemian life in London in the early 1930s. 

When she meets up again with Rollo, the handsome and unhappily married son of Lord and Lady Spencer, she falls prey once more to his charm and confidence, and they embark on a passionate and secret affair.

Rosamond Lehmann's classic account of the joy and anguish of an illicit love affair.

Dramatised by Hattie Naylor. 

Olivia ..... Eve Best
Rollo ..... Jonathan Firth
Lady Spencer .... Diana Quick
Kate .... Jenny Coverack
Anna ... Dee Sadler
Simon ... Ben Tinniswood
Mrs Curtis .... Jacqueline Tong
Marigold .... Rachel Lewis

With:

Paul Dodgson
Joshua Boyden
Olivia Crook

Director:  Sara Davies

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2002.

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