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1. Pregnant

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In a squalid 1950s bedsit, single Jane is pregnant and has to overcome personal and social prejudices. Stars Lynne Seymour.

In her squalid L-shaped bedsit, Jane has to overcome both her own prejudices and those of 1950s society against her.

Lynne Reid Banks' ground-breaking story of middle-class Jane, pregnant and unmarried, has remained in print ever since it was first published in 1960.

Dramatised in ten parts by Juliet Ace.

Jane …… Lynne Seymour
Dr Graham …… Richard Mitchley
Mavis …… Marie Gordon-Price
Doris …… Nickie Rainsford
Father …… Bill Wallis
James …… Simon Armstrong
Dr Maxwell …… John Rowe
Jane 2 …… Rachel Atkins
John …… Trevor Laird
Toby …… John McAndrew
Boss …… Dave Bond

Producer: Alison Hindell

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in February 2004.

15 minutes

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