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4. Charmer

Becky Sharp aims to charm a wealthy spinster and her handsome nephew. Narrated by Stephen Fry. With Emma Fielding.

Becky Sharp aims to charm a wealthy spinster and her handsome nephew.

Stephen Fry narrates one of the greatest comic novels of the Victorian period.

Written by William Makepeace Thackeray.

Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.

Becky Sharp …… Emma Fielding
Amelia Sedley …… Katy Cavanagh
George Osborne …… Nicholas Boulton
Miss Crawley........Margaret Tyzack
Mrs Bute Crawley.......Jemma Churchill
William Dobbin....Tom Smith
Maria Osborne.....Alice Hart
John Osborne.......Geoffrey Whitehead
Ensign Stubble.......Stephen Hogan

Producer: Claire Grove

First broadcast on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4 in September 2004.

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15 minutes

Last on

Fri 6 May 2022 02:15

Broadcasts

  • Thu 3 Jan 2008 10:00
  • Thu 3 Jan 2008 21:00
  • Fri 4 Jan 2008 02:00
  • Thu 18 Jun 2009 11:00
  • Thu 18 Jun 2009 21:00
  • Fri 19 Jun 2009 02:00
  • Thu 30 Jun 2011 14:00
  • Thu 17 Oct 2013 14:00
  • Thu 17 Dec 2015 14:30
  • Fri 18 Dec 2015 02:30
  • Thu 5 May 2022 14:15
  • Fri 6 May 2022 02:15