Woman's Hour Drama - An Unsuitable Attachment
Dramatisation by Jennie Howarth of Barbara Pym's story of love in unfashionable north London in 1960
Woman's Hour Drama - An Unsuitable Attachment - Episode 1
The arrival of anthropologist Rupert Stonebird and librarian Ianthe Broom in the congregation does more than swell the collection plate at Reverend Mark Ainger's church.
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Woman's Hour Drama - An Unsuitable Attachment - Episode 10
Ianthe Broome and John Challow are to be married. It says so in The Times. But can it be true? It's so unsuitable. Perhaps it won't happen after all.
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Woman's Hour Drama - An Unsuitable Attachment - Episode 2
Dramatisation of Barbara Pym's story of love in unfashionable north London in 1960. There's a dinner party at the vicarage to meet the new communicants.
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Woman's Hour Drama - An Unsuitable Attachment - Episode 3
Dramatisation of Barbara Pym's story of love in unfashionable north London in 1960. A new member of staff arrives at the library, and Ianthe is a little disturbed.
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Woman's Hour Drama - An Unsuitable Attachment - Episode 4
Everyone goes off to their Christmas retreats, but Rupert is still no nearer making up his mind - Ianthe or Penelope? So he decides to have a dinner party.
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Woman's Hour Drama - An Unsuitable Attachment - Episode 5
John Challow hasn't turned up for work. Ianthe is worried that he is ill, although Mervyn has his doubts. So Ianthe does good work, and goes visiting the sick.
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Woman's Hour Drama - An Unsuitable Attachment - Episode 6
The parish party set off on their trip to Rome full of expectations, and it doesn't disappoint; indeed, there are even a few surprises.
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Woman's Hour Drama - An Unsuitable Attachment - Episode 7
The parish party are doing Rome, and Rupert turns up, to Penelope's delight. But unlike Rome, he may not be what she had hoped.
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Woman's Hour Drama - An Unsuitable Attachment - Episode 8
While everyone else has gone back to England, Ianthe and Sophia go to visit Sophia's aunt in Ravello. It's romantic, if run down, and Ianthe tells Sophia of her love for John.
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Woman's Hour Drama - An Unsuitable Attachment - Episode 9
Dramatisation of Barbara Pym's story of love in unfashionable north London in 1960. Confused by Penelope's tearfulness in Rome, Rupert heads over to Ianthe for solace.
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