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Episode 2

Gossip columns reveal Edith and Charles's romance, but her future in-laws are not pleased. Stars Hugh Bonneville and Celia Imrie.

Satire on English snobbery, adapted from his own novel by Julian Fellowes.

News of Edith and Charles's romance hits the gossip columns but Lady Uckfield and the rest of Edith's aristocratic soon-to-be in-laws are not impressed.

Narrator ...... Nicholas Farrell
Edith ...... Sophie Roberts
Charles ...... Hugh Bonneville
Lady Uckfield ...... Celia Imrie
Lord Uckfield ...... Richard Mitchley
Isabel ...... Sophie Thompson
David/Eric ...... Rupert Vansittart
Caroline ...... Caroline Harker
Simon ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Bella ...... Bernice Stegers
Singer ...... David Benson.

15 minutes

Last on

Wed 28 Dec 2016 02:30

Broadcasts

  • Tue 2 Dec 2008 19:45
  • Tue 13 Jan 2015 14:30
  • Wed 14 Jan 2015 00:30
  • Tue 27 Dec 2016 14:30
  • Wed 28 Dec 2016 02:30

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