The Mill On The Floss

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George Eliot - The Mill on the Floss: 3. The Golden Gates of Childhood

The Mill on the Floss, by George Eliot

3. The Golden Gates of Childhood

George Eliot - The Mill on the Floss

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Tom faces difficult and solitary days. While Maggie begins a new adventure.

Tom's new school days prove difficult and solitary. While Maggie embarks on a new, exciting adventure. Stars Oliver Zetterstrom.

Life at his new school is a difficult and solitary business for Tom and for Maggie a new adventure is about to begin.

George Eliot's novel of grand passions and tormented lives.

Dramatised by Rhiannon Tise.   

George Eliot, the Narrator …... Anna Maxwell Martin
Young Maggie …... Amy-Jayne Leigh
Young Tom …... Oliver Zetterstrom
Mr Tulliver …... Roger Ringrose
Maggie …... Joanna Vanderham
Tom …... Will Kirk
Philip …... Chris Lew Kum Hoi
Mrs Moss …... Heather Craney
Mr Stelling …... John Lightbody,

Director:  Tracey Neale.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2020.

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10-part dramatisation of George Eliot's semi-autobiographical novel of Victorian childhood

10-part dramatisation of George Eliot's semi-autobiographical novel of the Victorian childhood of Tom and Maggie Tulliver, siblings growing up at Dorlcote Mill on the River Floss.

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