Episode 10
As Fiona prepares for the Christmas concert, the troubles of the year seem finally behind her, but can the past be left behind?
Juliet Stevenson reads the final episode of Ian McEwan's unsettling new novel, The Children Act - a story about faith, love and the Law and about the welfare of children and the duty of those who care for them.
Fiona Maye is an esteemed High Court Judge presiding over cases in the Family Court and admired for her 'godly distance and devilish understanding'. But beneath her professional composure, her happy marriage of thirty years is in trouble and recent cases has caused her heartache.
Tonight as she prepares for the Christmas concert the troubles of the year seem finally behind her, but can the past be left behind?
Ian McEwan is one of the UK's leading novelists, his many novels including Atonement, Enduring Love and On Chesil Beach.
The reader is Juliet Stevenson
The abridger is Sally Marmion
The producer is Di Speirs.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Reader | Juliet Stevenson |
| Producer | Di Speirs |
| Abridger | Sally Marmion |
| Author | Ian McEwan |
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- Fri 19 Sep 2014 22:45主播大秀 Radio 4
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