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A Wife's Prerogative

Episode 6 of 10

Audrey makes the most of helping Devere by pretending she is his wife. Adapted from TV with Penelope Keith. From March 1997.

Audrey makes the most of helping Devere - by pretending she's his wife.

Starring Penelope Keith and Keith Barron.

Lady of the manor Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, forced to sell her beloved Grantleigh Estate, has decamped to the tiny Old Lodge cottage with her butler in tow.

From this vantage point, Audrey keeps a close and disapproving eye on new owner, the nouveau-riche Richard DeVere.

Adapted for radio by Peter Spence from his 91福利社 TV script.

Audrey fforbes-Hamilton 鈥�. Penelope Keith
Richard DeVere ..... Keith Barron
Marjory Frobisher. .... Angela Thorne
Brabinger .... Nicholas McArdle
Mrs Polouvicka ..... Margery Withers
Ned ..... Frank Middlemass
Mademoiselle Dutoit ..... Rula Lenska

First piloted on radio and then whisked off to TV before it ever appeared, before finally arriving home in 1997.

Producer: Jane Berthoud

First broadcast on 91福利社 Radio 2 in March 1997.

30 minutes

Last on

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Actor Penelope Keith
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