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The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim (Omnibus)

An advert in The Times lures four women away from London to a castle on the sunny Italian Riviera. Stars Pippa Nixon.

While at their Shaftesbury Avenue club on a rainy February day, Rosie and Lottie discover they’ve been reading the same advertisement in The Times:-

‘To those who Appreciate Wisteria and Sunshine. Small mediaeval Italian Castle on the shores of the Mediterranean to be let Furnished for the month of April.’

Can they seize this opportunity and escape to the sunny Italian Riviera or is it just an impossible dream?

Elizabeth von Arnim’s novel, first published in 1922.

Omnibus of five parts dramatised by Vivienne Allen.

Narrator...Jenny Funnell
Lotty ... Pippa Nixon
Rose ... Lyndsey Marshal
Mrs Fisher ... Joanna Monro
Caroline (Scrap) ... Rhiannon Neads
Mellersh ... Stephen Critchlow
Briggs ... Neet Mohan
Frederick ... Chris Pavlo
Francesca ... Jessica Turner

Director: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.

1 hour, 10 minutes

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Sun 19 Apr 202608:50
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  • Sat 2 May 201513:00
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