Woman's Hour Drama
Picnic at Hanging Rock, Episode 5
As the Easter vacation looms, Mrs Appleyard becomes more and more morose, taking to secret drinking sessions and refusing all offers of help. Sara Waybourne is mysteriously collected from school one day by her guardian and suspicions are roused. The final discovery is both appalling and on a par with the strange unsolved mystery of the Picnic at Hanging Rock. Narrator ..... Penny Downie Mrs Appleyard ..... Fenella Woolgar Mademoiselle ..... Elizabeth Boag Mr Whitehead ..... Simon Burke Minnie/Alice ..... Lauren St Paul Michael ..... Nicholas Banks Albert ..... David Palliser Sound design: Eloise Whitmore Original music: Jon Rose Script editor: Helen Meller March of the Men of Harlech played by Amanda Dalton. Participation from Year 12 students of Springwood High, New South Wales. Producer/Director: Polly Thomas A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.