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The Squire's Story

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Mr Higgins appears every inch the perfect jovial gentleman, but his strange manners arouse suspicion. Stars Elizabeth Spriggs.

1849: Mr Higgins appears every inch the perfect jovial gentleman.

But his strange manners - not to mention a tendency to disappear - suggest a less ordinary source for his comfortable lifestyle.

Elizabeth Gaskell's collection of intriguing "true" tales dramatised by Sally Hedges.

Mrs Gaskell ...... Elizabeth Spriggs
Miss Pratt ...... Angela Thorne
Higgins ...... Michael Lumsden
Squire Hearn ...... Peter Jeffrey
Sir Harry ...... Michael Tudor Barnes

With Andrew Harrison, Simon Carter, Brett Usher, Jonathan Wyatt and Nick Aikens.

Producer: Nigel Bryant

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in October 1998.

45 minutes

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