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Episode 4
Episode 4 of 5
Working in the orphanage run by nuns, Kitty collapses and learns she is pregnant, Walter makes a demand. Stars Nicholas Farrell.
by Somerset Maugham
dramatised by Lizzie Nunnery
Set in 1920's China. Kitty has started working in the orphanage run by the French nuns. When she collapses one day she fears it is cholera but discovers she's pregnant. Her husband Walter, who adores children, demands to know if it's his child.
Kitty Fane ...... Sarah Smart
Walter Fane ...... Nicholas Farrell
Waddington ... Conrad Nelson
Souer St Joseph..... Isabelle Defaut
Mother Superior ..... Caroline Loncq
Girl in orphanage - Shamae Griffin
Chinese consultant - Jing Griffin
Directed by Pauline Harris.
Last on
Fri 25 Sep 201502:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra
Broadcasts
- Thu 26 Jan 201210:45BBC Radio 4 FM
- Thu 26 Jan 201219:45BBC Radio 4
- Thu 24 Sep 201514:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Fri 25 Sep 201502:30BBC Radio 4 Extra