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The Nobel prize winner's ground-breaking novel about motherhood, breakdown, marriage and communism. Stars Susannah Harker.

Doris Lessing's 20th-century classic, dramatised by Sarah Daniels.

In the summer of 1957, writer Anna Wulf is welcoming home her friend Molly, just returned from a year's travelling. The two friends have a lot to catch up on.

Anna ...... Susannah Harker
Molly ...... Fenella Woolgar
Richard ...... Ron Cook
Tommy ...... Adam Paulden
Saul ...... Peter Brooke

Directed by Polly Thomas.

15 minutes

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