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3. Admirers

A lascivious lawyer and a dashing captain - Becky Sharp continues to attract admirers. Stephen Fry narrates. With Emma Fielding.

A lascivious lawyer and a dashing captain - orphaned, ambitious Becky Sharp continues to attract admirers.

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
Lady Crawley.....Joanna McCallum
Sir Pitt Crawley...Trevor Peacock
Pitt Crawley..........Jon Glover
Miss Crawley........Margaret Tyzack
Rawdon Crawley....Ray Coulthard

Producer: Claire Grove

First broadcast on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 in September 2004.

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15 minutes

Last on

Thu 5 May 2022 02:15

Broadcasts

  • Wed 2 Jan 2008 10:00
  • Wed 2 Jan 2008 21:00
  • Thu 3 Jan 2008 02:00
  • Wed 17 Jun 2009 11:00
  • Wed 17 Jun 2009 21:00
  • Thu 18 Jun 2009 02:00
  • Wed 29 Jun 2011 14:00
  • Wed 16 Oct 2013 14:00
  • Wed 16 Dec 2015 14:30
  • Thu 17 Dec 2015 02:30
  • Wed 4 May 2022 14:15
  • Thu 5 May 2022 02:15