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1. The Countess

Life takes an unexpected turn when Newland Archer meets his fiancée's unconventional cousin. Stars Kellie Bright.

Newland Archer is engaged to May Welland.

Life takes an unexpected turn when he meets May's unconventional cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska.

Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, first published in 1920.

A passionate lifelong love affair breaks all the rules of the restrictive high society of 1870s New York.

Stars Ryan McCluskey, Kellie Bright and Susan Lynch.

Dramatised in two parts by Jane Rogers.

Newland Archer .... Ryan McCluskey
Ellen Olenska .... Susan Lynch
May Welland ... Kellie Bright
Augusta Welland .... Lorelei King
Sillerton Jackson/Riviere ..... Kerry Shale
Julius Beaufort .... Conrad Nelson
Lawrence .... Martin T Sherman

Director: Nadia Molinari

First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in January 2008.

1 hour

Last on

Fri 3 Oct 2025 05:00

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