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5. London

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Becky travels to London with the ailing spinster Miss Crawley. Narrated by Stephen Fry. With Emma Fielding and Margaret Tyzack.

Becky travels to London with the ailing spinster Miss Crawley.

Stephen Fry narrates one of the greatest comic novels of the Victorian period.

Written by William Makepeace Thackeray.

Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.

Becky Sharp …… Emma Fielding
Amelia Sedley …… Katy Cavanagh
George Osborne …… Nicholas Boulton
Miss Crawley........Margaret Tyzack
Miss Briggs.........Kate Buffery
Sir Pitt Crawley...Trevor Peacock
Miss Crawley........Margaret Tyzack
Rawdon Crawley....Ray Coulthard

Producer: Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2004.

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15 minutes

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Sat 22 Mar 2025 03:45
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