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The Nobel prize winner's ground-breaking novel about motherhood, breakdown, marriage and communism. Stars Susannah Harker.
Doris Lessing's 20th-century classic, dramatised by Sarah Daniels.
In the summer of 1957, writer Anna Wulf is welcoming home her friend Molly, just returned from a year's travelling. The two friends have a lot to catch up on.
Anna ...... Susannah Harker
Molly ...... Fenella Woolgar
Richard ...... Ron Cook
Tommy ...... Adam Paulden
Saul ...... Peter Brooke
Directed by Polly Thomas.
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