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The Tinker's Daughter

By Patrice Chaplin. 4 Extra Debut. Ben Hunte meets Stonewall CEO Ruth Hunt, followed by Chaplin's Edwardian tale of Meriel's growing obsession with a local girl.

Stonewall's CEO, Ruth Hunt shares her unforgettable LGBT moments with Gay Britannia season host, Ben Hunte.

Followed by:

Patrice Chaplin's The Tinker's Daughter

In Edwardian England, Meriel lives a life of privilege on her family's country estate. Her isolated existence is enhanced by the lack of love from her parents, who wanted a son. Then she becomes obsessed by a local girl - a relationship which starts innocently develops into her first love-affair...

Sadly this drama was not kept in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ archive, so we're indebted to a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra listener who recommended a repeat and luckily found her cassette copy in her attic which has been digitised for broadcast.

Stars Deborah Makepeace as Meriel, Zelah Clarke as Amy, Richard Pasco as Papa, Barbara Leigh-Hunt as Mama, Sheila Grant as Louisa, Pauline Letts as Aunt Charlotte, Sandor Eles as Prince Ferdinand, Brian Smith as Horace, Clare Travers-Deacon as Cecilia, Ronald Herdman as Wallace and Garard Green as Butler/Soames

Producer: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in 1986

The 'Gay Britannia' season on 4 Extra celebrates LGBT history in Britain for the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality.

Produced for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra by Peter Reed.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sun 6 Aug 2017 04:00

Broadcasts

  • Sat 5 Aug 2017 06:00
  • Sat 5 Aug 2017 16:00
  • Sun 6 Aug 2017 04:00

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