The Tinker's Daughter
By Patrice Chaplin. 4 Extra Debut. Ben Hunte meets Stonewall CEO Ruth Hunt, followed by Chaplin's Edwardian tale of Meriel's growing obsession with a local girl.
Stonewall's CEO, Ruth Hunt shares her unforgettable LGBT moments with Gay Britannia season host, Ben Hunte.
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Patrice Chaplin's The Tinker's Daughter
In Edwardian England, Meriel lives a life of privilege on her family's country estate. Her isolated existence is enhanced by the lack of love from her parents, who wanted a son. Then she becomes obsessed by a local girl - a relationship which starts innocently develops into her first love-affair...
Sadly this drama was not kept in the 麻豆社 archive, so we're indebted to a 麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra listener who recommended a repeat and luckily found her cassette copy in her attic which has been digitised for broadcast.
Stars Deborah Makepeace as Meriel, Zelah Clarke as Amy, Richard Pasco as Papa, Barbara Leigh-Hunt as Mama, Sheila Grant as Louisa, Pauline Letts as Aunt Charlotte, Sandor Eles as Prince Ferdinand, Brian Smith as Horace, Clare Travers-Deacon as Cecilia, Ronald Herdman as Wallace and Garard Green as Butler/Soames
Producer: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in 1986
The 'Gay Britannia' season on 4 Extra celebrates LGBT history in Britain for the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality.
Produced for 麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra by Peter Reed.
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A season marking the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of gay sex.