Classic Serial - The Custom of the Country - Episode 1

Dramatisation by Jane Rogers of Edith Wharton's 1913 satire of marriage and money in early 20th-century American society. When the beautiful Undine Spragg arrives in New York, she sets her sights on Ralph Marvell, but will he live up to her expectations? Undine Spragg ...... Rebecca Night Mrs Spragg ...... Barbara Barnes Mrs Heeny ...... Lorelei King Abner Spragg/Popple ...... Jonathan Keeble Peter Van Degan ...... William Houston Mr Dagonet ...... Paul McCleary Laura Fairford ...... Provence Maydew Elmer Moffatt ...... Tom Hollander Ralph Marvell ...... Dan Stevens Mabel Lipscombe ...... Tessa Nicholson Directed by Nadia Molinari.