Curious, If True

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Elizabeth Gaskell - Curious, If True: The Crooked Branch

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Elizabeth Gaskell - Curious, If True

The Crooked Branch

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Farmer Nathan showers love and money on son Ben, but he has ambitions above his station.

Farmer Nathan showers love and money on his handsome son Ben, but he has ambitions above his station. Stars Elizabeth Spriggs.

Farmers Nathan and Hester Huntroyd shower love and money on their handsome son Benjamin. 

But he has ambitions above their humble station, and the result is unexpected to say the least...

Elizabeth Gaskell's collection of intriguing "true" tales dramatised by Sally Hedges. 

Stars Elizabeth Spriggs as Mrs Gaskell, Peter Meakin as Nathan, Mary Randle as Hester, Kathryn Hunt as Bessy, Crispin Bonham-Carter as Benjamin.

With David Holt, Richard Mitchley and Brett Usher. 
Producer: Nigel Bryant 

An Armada production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 1998.

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Atmospheric tale from Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell

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