3. Femme Fatale

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To help offset his enormous debts, Beaumarchais is set a task by Louis XV. But it involves a very unusual woman... Starring Henry Goodman. Craig Warner's comedy set in 18th-century France. The battles of Beaumarchais who is anxious to climb the ladder of French nobility... Beaumarchais .... Henry Goodman Lia de Beaumont .... Bill Nighy Louis XV .... Ronald Pickup Le Counte d'Artois .... Sean Baker Figaro .... Sean Baker Lord Rochford .... David Timson Director: Marion Nancarrow First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1996.