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3. Another Opening

Episode 3 of 15

Neely gets to understudy - while Anne tries to wriggle out of her wedding and meets a famous torch singer. Stars Sally Dexter.

Anne's friend Neely is thrilled to be the understudy for one of the lead roles in Hit the Sky, a new musical.

Allen tries to get Anne to agree to a wedding date....

Three beautiful young women become best friends as they carve out careers in the entertainment industry.

Jacqueline Susann's best selling novel, first published in 1966.

Dramatised by Yvonne Antrobus.

Anne Welles .... Madeleine Potter
Neely O'Hara .... Barbara Barnes
Helen Lawson .... Sally Dexter
Henry Bellamy .... Stuart Milligan
Allen Cooper .... Walter Lewis
Gino Cooper .... Nathan Osgood
Amelia .... Susan Jameson

Producer: Claire Grove

First broadcast on 91福利社 Radio 4 in August 2005.

15 minutes

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