Book of the Week - Dear Mr Bigelow
Sophie Thompson reads from the letters of Frances Woodsford, a Bournemouth council worker, to wealthy American widower, Paul Bigelow, who she never met, written between 1949 and his death in 1961
Book of the Week - Dear Mr Bigelow - Episode 1
Frances enlightens Mr Bigelow about rationing, the differences between Britons and Americans, and her endless problems with her elderly mother.
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Book of the Week - Dear Mr Bigelow - Episode 2
As the nation mourns the death of the King, Frances gears up for her first driving lesson and learns how to deal with a firebomb at Civil Defence classes.
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Book of the Week - Dear Mr Bigelow - Episode 3
Frances and her mother take to the road in a temperamental old banger, Frances becomes a bona fide 'fire putter-outer' at Civil Defence classes and sees the coronation on a tiny TV.
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Book of the Week - Dear Mr Bigelow - Episode 4
Frances marvels at Arthur Miller's extraordinary new wife, Marilyn Monroe, at the London debut of his new play, and cuts quite a dash herself in her new silver fox fur.
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Book of the Week - Dear Mr Bigelow - Episode 5
Frances attends her brother's wedding and begins to get used to life alone with Mother - only to realise, perhaps too late, that the most important friend in her life is Mr Bigelow.
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