Woman's Hour Drama - Dear Mr Spectator
By Elizabeth Kuti, adapted from and inspired by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele's 18th century 'Spectator' essays
Woman's Hour Drama - Dear Mr Spectator - Episode 1
By Elizabeth Kuti. Middle-aged clockmaker Gilbert increasingly turns to the essays of an anonymous guru of city living, known as Mr Spectator, for guidance on life.
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Woman's Hour Drama - Dear Mr Spectator - Episode 2
By Elizabeth Kuti. Exasperated by her husband's obsession with the writings of Mr Spectator, Gilbert's wife Kitty decides to see what all the fuss is about.
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Woman's Hour Drama - Dear Mr Spectator - Episode 3
By Elizabeth Kuti. With financial crisis in the air and his business in peril, Gilbert decides to head for the coffee-house and consult Mr Spectator.
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Woman's Hour Drama - Dear Mr Spectator - Episode 4
By Elizabeth Kuti. Gilbert buys some new-fangled Perspective Glasses, only to discover that they give him a shocking viewpoint of his nearest and dearest.
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Woman's Hour Drama - Dear Mr Spectator - Episode 5
By Elizabeth Kuti. As his fortieth birthday arrives, Gilbert's world seems to be in pieces, but perhaps things are not all that they appear.
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