Mrs Robinson by Helen Cross

Mrs Robinson struggles to tolerate her children's governess, Anne Brontë, but is intrigued when Anne's dissolute brother Branwell, comes to stay with them. Reader Anne-Marie Duff.

Radio 4,5 episodes

Episodes

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Episode 1: Temptation
Mrs Robinson meets dissolute poet Branwell Brontë. By Helen Cross. Reader: Anne-Marie Duff
15 Sep 2025,14 mins,
Episode 2: Heat
Branwell settles in and unsettles everything else. By Helen Cross. Reader: Anne-Marie Duff
16 Sep 2025,14 mins,
Episode 3: A Question
Lydia is torn between instinct and propriety. By Helen Cross. Read by Anne-Marie Duff.
17 Sep 2025,14 mins,
Episode 4: An Argument
Lydia navigates the highs and lows of an affair with an opium-addicted poet.
18 Sep 2025,14 mins,
Episode 5: Experience
No truth can be suppressed forever – as Lydia’s about to find out.
19 Sep 2025,14 mins,