4. Phineas Finn

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Phineas Finn has at last won a seat in Parliament. But his romantic ambitions are going less smoothly as he finds himself falling once again for a young lady whose heart lies elsewhere. Little does he know that he's soon to cause anguish to a new arrival on the scene. Anthony Trollope's political intrigues of a Victorian aristocratic family. Starring Sophie Thompson and Juliet Stevenson, Dramatised by Martyn Wade. Plantagenet Palliser ... Ben Miles Lady Glencora ... Sophie Thompson Laura ... Juliet Stevenson Mme Goesler ... Stella Gonet Phineas ... Conleth Hill Chiltern ... Scott Handy Kennedy ... Kevin McMonagle Duke of Omnium ... Robert Lang Gresham ... Nickolas Grace Brentford ... John Rowe Bonteen ... Ioan Meredith Violet ... Jaimi Barbakoff Slide ... Damian Lynch 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.