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The 18th-century gentleman tries to tell his tragi-comic story, but continually finds he must digress. Stars Neil Dudgeon.

18th-century gentleman Tristram tries to tell his tragi-comic life story through accounts of his family and friends, his experiences and his ideas. But he continually finds he must digress...

Tristram introduces himself and his parents.

Laurence Sterne's ground-breaking comic novel, first published as nine volumes from 1759 to 1767.

Tristram .... Neil Dudgeon
Mother .... Julia Ford
Father .... David Troughton
Toby .... Adrian Scarborough
Lawyer/Bishop Hall .... Hugh Dickson
Pontificating Man........Stuart McLoughlin
Trim …. Paul Ritter
Dr Slop …. Tony Rohr
Obadiah …. Stephen Hogan
Susannah …. Helen Longworth
Great-Grandmother …. Ndidi Del Fatti

Omnibus of the first five of ten parts dramatised by Graham White.

Director: Mary Peate

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2005.

1 hour, 10 minutes

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