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The winter of 1913 finds Frank Reid, owner of a printing company, abandoned by his wife. Frank Reid is not being helped by his accountant, Selwyn. The English Chaplaincy has a scary resident and now a shop girl looks set to take on the nannying duties. Penelope Fitzgerald's novel of an English family in Moscow. Dramatised by Penny Leicester. Narrator: Clare Higgins Frank ........ Richard McCabe Selwyn ........ David Bamber Nellie ........ Jennifer Lee Jellicorse/Dolly ........ Charlotte Ellis Other parts played by: Sonia Ritter Rachel Atkins Samuel Barnet Richard Bremmer David Collins Producer: Tim Dee First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010.
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