Episode 3
Just when she thinks that things cannot get much worse, Hazel meets a knight in shining armour at a bus stop who rescues her from an unpleasant fate.
Series exploring the 20th Century through diaries and correspondence of real people, dramatised by Peter Roberts.
The story of Hazel Taylor, a young woman from Huddersfield who dreams of becoming a freelance writer, as England struggles through the postwar period of rationing and rebuilding.
Just when she thinks that things cannot get much worse, Hazel meets a knight in shining armour at a bus stop. Granville Wheeler rescues her from an unpleasant fate, and she takes Sylvia to see him in an amateur production of Merrie England. But Granville is sent off on Army Reserve training, and Hazel finds herself alone again.
Hazel ...... Amy Humphreys
Sylvia ...... Lucy Jo Hudson
Granville ...... Adrian Grove
Philip ...... Luke Walker
Directed by Peter Leslie Wild.
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- Wed 11 Mar 2009 19:45成人快手 Radio 4
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