The Cazalets: The Light Years

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Elizabeth Jane Howard - The Cazalets

Drama: Relationships & Romance

Elizabeth Jane Howard's saga follows the lives and loves of the Cazalet family

Elizabeth Jane Howard's saga follows the lives and loves of three generations of the Cazalet family over ten years

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Penelope Wilton

Ruth Gemmell

Lisa Dillon

Pip Torrens

Zoe Tapper

Ben Crowe

Sarah Daniels

Elizabeth Jane Howard - The Cazalets: The Light Years: 6. Coping

6. Coping

The Light Years

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Villy’s anxious to tell Edward she's pregnant and Zoe's trying hard to keep quiet.

Villy’s anxious to tell Edward she's pregnant whilst Zoe is trying hard to keep quiet about Dr Sherlock. Starring Ruth Gemmell.

Villy has to deal with her unexpected pregnancy, whilst Zoe attempts to hide her dinner dates with Dr Sherlock from her mother.  

The Light Years tells the story of the extended Cazalet family.

Set in the lead up to the outbreak of the Second World War, it appears that the Cazalets have it all.

But we soon discover that infidelity, indiscretions, jealousies and misplaced loyalties lurk just beneath the surface.

Written by Elizabeth Jane Howard. 

Dramatised in ten parts by Sarah Daniels.  

Narrator ...... Penelope Wilton
Villy ...... Ruth Gemmell
Diana ...... Lisa Dillon
Edward ...... Pip Torrens
Zoe ...... Zoe Tapper
Dr Sherlock ...... Ben Crowe
Mrs Headford ...... Patience Tomlinson
Dr Ballater ...... Patrick Brennan

Producers & Directors: Sally Avens & Marion Nancarrow

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2013.

Elizabeth Jane Howard - The Cazalets: The Light Years

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Elizabeth Jane Howard's family saga set in the run up to the Second World War.

Elizabeth Jane Howard's family saga set in the run up to the Second World War, Dramatised by Sarah Daniels

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