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2. Suspicion and Separation

Episode 2 of 4

A death in the family and the discovery of a random note causes suspicion and separation. Stars Joanna Pearce.

The classic novel by EM Forster, which follows the intertwined lives of the idealistic Schlegel sisters, the wealthy Wilcox family, and struggling clerk Leonard Bast in Edwardian England.

Dramatised by Jeffrey Segal.

Margaret's friendship with Mrs Wilcox has been blossoming.

But a death in the family and the discovery of a random note causes suspicion and separation.

Margaret Schlegel ... Joanne Pearce
Helen Schlegel ... Miranda Richardson
Henry Wilcox ... Joss Ackland
Leonard Bast ... Mick Ford
Charles Wilcox ... David Haig
Evie Wilcox/Annie ... Jane Leonard
Dolly Wilcox ... Susie Brann
Tibby Schlegel ... David Phelan
Cahill ... Bernard Brown
Crane ... Arnold Diamond

Director: Caroline Raphael

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1985.

1 hour

On radio

Mon 16 Nov 202615:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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