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Penelope Fitzgerald - Offshore

4 Extra Debut. On a barge on the Thames in the 1960s, Nenna and her two daughters have tricky decisions to make. Stars Hattie Morahan.

Penelope Fitzgerald's 1979 Booker Prize-winning novel is set amongst a small community of eccentric barge-dwellers on the River Thames.

Nenna and her two daughters have tricky decisions to make.

Starring Hattie Morahan.

Dramatised by Michael Butt.

Nenna ..... Hattie Morahan
Tilda ..... Rosie Boore
Martha ..... Molly Pipe
Maurice ..... Joel MacCormack
Richard ..... Clive Hayward
Willis ..... Neil McCaul
Laura ..... Isabella Inchbald
Fr. Watson/Edward ..... David Reakes
Pinkie ..... Rupert Holliday-Evans
Antiques Man ..... Philip Bretherton
Louise ..... Kath Weare
Mrs Hodge ..... Ellie Darvill

Director: David Hunter

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in January 2018.

57 minutes

Last on

Fri 19 Nov 2021 03:00

Credits

Role Contributor
Nenna Hattie Morahan
Tilda Rosie Boore
Martha Molly Pipe
Maurice Joel MacCormack
Richard Clive Hayward
Willis Neil McCaul
Laura Isabella Inchbald
Fr Watson David Reakes
Edward David Reakes
Pinkie Rupert Holliday-Evans
Antiques Man Philip Bretherton
Lousie Kath Weare
Mrs Hodge Ellie Darvill
Director David Hunter
Writer Michael Butt

Broadcasts

  • Sat 6 Jan 2018 14:30
  • Sat 30 Mar 2019 21:00
  • Thu 18 Nov 2021 10:00
  • Thu 18 Nov 2021 15:00
  • Fri 19 Nov 2021 03:00

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