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5. A Triumphant Evening

Episode 5 of 10

With the conference underway, Stevens' abilities as a butler are tested when his father is taken ill. Read by John Moffatt.

The 1923 international conference at Darlington Hall is underway when Stevens' father is taken ill.

Stevens is looking back on a lifetime of service as butler in one of the great stately homes of England.

Coming to the end of his career, he belatedly puts his life into perspective.

Kazuo Ishiguro's 1989 Booker Prize winning novel.

Abridged by Catherine Czerkawska.

Read by John Moffatt.

Producer: Marilyn Imrie

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in January 1990.

15 minutes

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