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The Grapevine

Episode 2 of 10

Audrey tries to fool Devere that she has been on holiday to Spain. Adapted from TV with Penelope Keith. From February 1997.

Audrey tries to fool Devere that she has been on holiday to Spain.

Starring Penelope Keith and Keith Barron.

Lady of the manor Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, forced to sell her beloved Grantleigh Estate, has decamped to the tiny Old Lodge cottage with her butler in tow. .

From this vantage point, Audrey keeps a close and disapproving eye on new owner, the nouveau-riche Richard DeVere.

Adapted for radio by Peter Spence from his ´óÏó´«Ã½ TV script.

Audrey fforbes-Hamilton …. Penelope Keith
Richard DeVere …. Keith Barron
Marjory Frobisher …. Angela Thorne
Brabinger …. Nicholas McArdle
Mrs Polouvicka …. Margery Withers
Ned …. Frank Middlemass
Mrs Plunkett ...... Zulema Dene

First piloted for ´óÏó´«Ã½ radio, but whisked off to ´óÏó´«Ã½ TV before it ever appeared, before finally arriving home in 1997.

Producer: Jane Berthoud

First broadcast on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 2 in January 1997.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 26 Jun 2021 04:30

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Actor Penelope Keith
Actor Peter Bowles

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