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Radio 4 Extra,06 Jun 1998,60 mins

So Very Secret by Barbara Pym

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Harriet Jekyll from the Foreign Office, visits her friend Cassandra near Oxford for a holiday during the Second World War. But she never returns from the local hairdresser and Cassie becomes entangled in an intricate and dangerous espionage plot. It takes her from her quiet village to London and to Shropshire....... Starring Amanda Root and Miriam Margolyes. Comedy thriller set in England in 1941 - So Very Secret, an unfinished novel by Barbara Pym Dramatised by Elizabeth Proud Cassandra Swann ... Amanda Root Harriet Jekyll ... Miriam Margolyes With: Chris Emmett Chris Pavlo Nigel Anthony Elizabeth Proud Josie Kidd Producer: Sioned William First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.

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