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The Summer Book by Tove Jansson

Sophia recalls the holidays spent with her grandmother on a Finnish island. Stars Phyllida Law and Sophie Thompson.

A grandmother spends her last summer with her granddaughter on an island in the Gulf of Finland.

Written by Tove Jansson.

Translated by Thomas Teal.

Dramatised by Catherine Czerkawska.

Grandmother .... Phyllida Law
Grown-Up Granddaughter .... Sophie Thompson
Young Grandchild .... Victoria O'Donnell

Director: Marilyn Imrie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1999.

45 minutes

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Thursday 15:00
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