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Radio 4 Extra,08 Feb 2004,60 mins

3. Can You Forgive Her?/Phineas Finn

The Pallisers by Anthony Trollope

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Having turned her back on Burgo Fitzgerald forever, Lady Glencora has committed herself fully to her marriage and is expecting a baby. Plantagenet hopes it will be a son and heir. Lady Laura has disappointed Phineas Finn by accepting Kennedy's proposal. John Grey continues to pursue Alice, no matter how many times she rejects him... Anthony Trollope's political intrigues of a Victorian aristocratic family. Starring Juliet Stevenson and Conleth Hill. Dramatised from the novels by Martyn Wade. Lady Glencora ... Sophie Thompson Lady Laura ... Juliet Stevenson Phineas Finn ... Conleth Hill Plantagenet Palliser ... Ben Miles Alice Vavasor... Anastasia Hille John Grey .. Mark Bazeley Burgo Fitzgerald... Bertie Carvel Lord Chiltern ... Scott Handy Duke of Omnium ... Robert Lang Violet ... Jaimi Barbakoff Kennedy ... Kevin McMonagle Lord Brentford ... John Rowe Slide ... Damian Lynch Sir Lamda Mewnew ... Stephen Critchlow Sir Omicron Pie ... Jonathan Keeble With David Troughton as the narrator - Anthony Trollope Music specially composed by Elizabeth Parker. Director: Cherry Cookson First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2004.

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