4. Too Beautiful

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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 is taking on the nannying duties. Lisa, the new nanny, is too beautiful for Frank, even with her plaits cut off. 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.