Hester

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Stephanie Racine

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Lizzy Watts

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Kate Clanchy

Zena Forster

Margaret `Oliphant

Hester by Margaret Oliphant: 5. Farewell to Vernon's?

5. Farewell to Vernon's?

Hester by Margaret Oliphant

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Once again, Mr Rule is facing a run on the bank, which could close Vernon's forever.

Once again, Mr Rule is facing a run on the bank, which could close Vernon's forever. Stars Lyndsey Marshal and Philip Jackson.

Penelope Wilton and Lyndsey Marshal star in this high Victorian tale of a woman who runs her own bank.

Hester has not run away with her cousin, but once again Vernon's Bank is facing a run in the morning, and Hester is part of the negotiations to shore it up. 

But this time, she loses her position, as local businessmen create a joint stock bank, and exclude her from its board.

Conclusion of Margaret Oliphant's novel first published in 1883.

Dramatised by Kate Clanchy & Zena Forster.

Margaret Oliphant .... Penelope Wilton
Hester Vernon .... Lyndsey Marshal
Mr Rule .... Philip Jackson
Farrington .... Patrick Brennan
Mapplethorpe .... Adam Nagaitis
Mrs Merridew .... Stephanie Racine
Harry Sellon .... Ben Crowe
Mildmay Vernon .... Paul Stonehouse
Catherine Vernon .... Lizzy Watts

Director: Jonquil Panting

First broadcast in January 2014.

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The tale of a 19th-century woman who runs her own bank.

The tale of a single woman in a 19th-century Cheshire town who runs her own bank. Series dramatised by Kate Clanchy and Zena Forster.

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