Book of the Week - Dear Mr Bigelow - Episode 4

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. They evoke life in postwar Britain, and are introduced by Woodsford herself, who is now in her 90s. Frances marvels at Arthur Miller's extraordinary new wife, Marilyn Monroe, at the London debut of his new play. She cuts quite a dash herself in her new silver fox fur, but, on finally meeting her brother's wealthy new fiancee, begins to wonder what the future will hold for her. Abridged by Doreen Estall.