Episode 1
From winter to midsummer night, a local reporter and a shy heiress get acquainted. Stars Tim Pigott-Smith and Juliet Aubrey.
Winter has come to Evensford. As the first snowflakes of 1931 settle, Lydia Aspen has come to live with her two aunts.
Richardson, a young reporter on the local paper, watches as the shy heiress passes by in a Daimler. His editor tells him "go and get the story"...
HE Bates's semi-autobiographical novel, first published in 1952.
Omnibus of the first five of ten parts.
Dramatised by Vivienne Allen.
Older Richardson …… Tim Pigott-Smith
Richardson …… Jordan Frieda
Lydia …… Juliet Aubrey
Miss Bertie …… Margaret Tyzack
Miss Juliana …… Angela Thorne
Bretherton …… Philip Fox
Tom …… Jamie Bamber
Director: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in November 2004.
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