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15 Minute Drama

Penelope Mortimer - The Pumpkin Eater

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 3^rd Aug 2015, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 21^st Jan 2020, 02:30 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

4 Extra Debut. Mrs Armitage is encouraged by her husband to talk to a psychiatrist about her desire for more children. Stars Helen McCrory. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Armitage:: Helen McCrory
Jake Armitage:: Paul Ready
Doctor:: Chris Pavlo
Father:: Stephen Critchlow
Mother:: Sheila Reid
Philpot:: Rhiannon Neads
Dinah:: Rhiannon Neads
Bob Conway:: Mark Edel-Hunt
Beth Conway:: Alex Tregear
Giles:: Sam Dale
Journalist:: Neet Mohan
Author:: Penelope Mortimer
Adaptor:: Georgia Fitch
Director:: Emma Harding

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Drama

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15 Minute Drama

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15 Minute Drama: Penelope Mortimer - The Pumpkin Eater

Source: BBC Online

15 Minute Drama

Penelope Mortimer - The Pumpkin Eater

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 4^th Aug 2015, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 22^nd Jan 2020, 02:30 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

When Jake returns from a shoot in Africa, Mrs Armitage throws a party for his film friends. Stars Helen McCrory and Paul Ready. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Armitage:: Helen McCrory
Jake Armitage:: Paul Ready
Doctor:: Chris Pavlo
Father:: Stephen Critchlow
Mother:: Sheila Reid
Philpot:: Rhiannon Neads
Dinah:: Rhiannon Neads
Bob Conway:: Mark Edel-Hunt
Beth Conway:: Alex Tregear
Giles:: Sam Dale
Journalist:: Neet Mohan
Author:: Penelope Mortimer
Adaptor:: Georgia Fitch
Director:: Emma Harding

Genres

Drama

Brand

15 Minute Drama

Series

15 Minute Drama: Penelope Mortimer - The Pumpkin Eater

Source: BBC Online

15 Minute Drama

Penelope Mortimer - The Pumpkin Eater

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 5^th Aug 2015, 10:41 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 23^rd Jan 2020, 02:30 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Mrs Armitage makes a confession. Classic study of 1960s marriage and motherhood starring Helen McCrory and Paul Ready. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Armitage:: Helen McCrory
Jake Armitage:: Paul Ready
Doctor:: Chris Pavlo
Father:: Stephen Critchlow
Mother:: Sheila Reid
Philpot:: Rhiannon Neads
Dinah:: Rhiannon Neads
Bob Conway:: Mark Edel-Hunt
Beth Conway:: Alex Tregear
Giles:: Sam Dale
Journalist:: Neet Mohan
Author:: Penelope Mortimer
Adaptor:: Georgia Fitch
Director:: Emma Harding

Genres

Drama

Brand

15 Minute Drama

Series

15 Minute Drama: Penelope Mortimer - The Pumpkin Eater

Source: BBC Online

15 Minute Drama

Penelope Mortimer - The Pumpkin Eater

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 6^th Aug 2015, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 24^th Jan 2020, 02:30 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Mrs Armitage has consented to an abortion and a sterilisation. A study of 1960s marriage starring Helen McCrory and Paul Ready. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Armitage:: Helen McCrory
Jake Armitage:: Paul Ready
Doctor:: Chris Pavlo
Father:: Stephen Critchlow
Mother:: Sheila Reid
Philpot:: Rhiannon Neads
Dinah:: Rhiannon Neads
Bob Conway:: Mark Edel-Hunt
Beth Conway:: Alex Tregear
Giles:: Sam Dale
Journalist:: Neet Mohan
Author:: Penelope Mortimer
Adaptor:: Georgia Fitch
Director:: Emma Harding

Genres

Drama

Brand

15 Minute Drama

Series

15 Minute Drama: Penelope Mortimer - The Pumpkin Eater

Source: BBC Online

15 Minute Drama

Penelope Mortimer - The Pumpkin Eater

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 7^th Aug 2015, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 25^th Jan 2020, 02:30 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Having found out about Jake's affair, Mrs Armitage takes refuge with her former husband. Starring Helen McCrory and Paul Ready. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Armitage:: Helen McCrory
Jake Armitage:: Paul Ready
Doctor:: Chris Pavlo
Father:: Stephen Critchlow
Mother:: Sheila Reid
Philpot:: Rhiannon Neads
Dinah:: Rhiannon Neads
Bob Conway:: Mark Edel-Hunt
Beth Conway:: Alex Tregear
Giles:: Sam Dale
Journalist:: Neet Mohan
Author:: Penelope Mortimer
Adaptor:: Georgia Fitch
Director:: Emma Harding

Genres

Drama

Brand

15 Minute Drama

Series

15 Minute Drama: Penelope Mortimer - The Pumpkin Eater

Source: BBC Online

The Pumpkin Eater

Duration: 1 hour, 50 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 8^th Aug 2007, 23:50 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Sat 9^th Jul 2011, 00:50 on BBC Two England

Powerful drama, based on the novel by Penelope Mortimer, about a mother who suffers a nervous breakdown after learning of her third husband's infidelity. Starring Anne Bancroft. Show more

Contributors

Jo Armitage:: Anne Bancroft
Director:: Jack Clayton
Jake Armitage:: Peter Finch
Bob Conway:: James Mason
Giles:: Richard Johnson
Jo's Father:: Cedric Hardwicke
Jo's Mother:: Rosalind Atkinson
Psychiatrist:: Eric Porter
Beth Conway:: Janine Gray
Philpott:: Maggie Smith
Doctor:: Cyril Luckham
Woman in Hair Salon:: Yootha Joyce
Writer:: Harold Pinter
Author:: Penelope Mortimer

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Drama

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Films

Source: BBC Online

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