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1. The Season

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Entering society, Catherine imagines danger in every encounter with comic results. Gothic novel satire with Miriam Margolyes.

Catherine Morland is taken to Bath for the season and finds that in her fertile imagination, danger lurks round every corner.

First published in 1817, Jane Austen's satire pokes fun at the popular sensationalist fiction of the day.

Dramatised in ten parts by Hattie Naylor.

Catherine ...... Georgia Groome
Henry ...... Luke Thompson
Mrs Allen ...... Tracy Wiles
Mr Allen ...... Kim Wall
Isabella ...... Ainsley Howard
Mrs Morland ...... Alison Belbin
Mr Morland ...... John Bowler
Mrs Thorpe ...... Karen Bartke
The Book ...... Miriam Margolyes

Director: Sally Avens

First broadcast on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 in December 2016.

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15 minutes

Last on

Tue 28 Feb 2023 02:15

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Credits

Role Contributor
Catherine Georgia Groome
Henry Luke Thompson
Mrs Allen Tracy Wiles
Mr Allen Kim Wall
Isabella Ainsley Howard
Mrs Morland Alison Belbin
Mr Morland John Bowler
Mrs Thorpe Karen Bartke
The Book Miriam Margolyes
Director Sally Avens
Author Jane Austen
Adaptor Hattie Naylor

Broadcasts

  • Mon 19 Dec 2016 10:45
  • Mon 19 Dec 2016 19:45
  • Mon 23 Dec 2019 14:30
  • Christmas Eve 2019 02:30
  • Mon 16 Aug 2021 14:15
  • Tue 17 Aug 2021 02:15
  • Mon 27 Feb 2023 07:15
  • Mon 27 Feb 2023 12:15
  • Mon 27 Feb 2023 17:15
  • Tue 28 Feb 2023 02:15

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