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Episode Six

James Wilby reads this classic novel of lost innocence, set in the hot summer of 1900. Now that Marian is engaged to Lord Trimingham, Leo assumes his role as postman will end.

"The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there." So begins this classic novel of childhood, class and lost innocence, set in the scorching hot summer of 1900.

Shortly before his 13th birthday, Leo Colston goes to spend the summer holidays with a schoolfriend, on his family's country estate, Brandham Hall. There he becomes the go-between for Marian, his friend's older sister, and Ted - a tenant farmer.

Read by James Wilby
Produced by Alison Crawford and Mair Bosworth
Abridged by Sara Davies
Recorded and Mixed by Ilse Lademann

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14 minutes

Last on

Mon 26 Aug 2024 22:45

Broadcast

  • Mon 26 Aug 2024 22:45