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4. Surprise

Ladies of Letters Series 1

Episode 4 of 6

Irene’s unsettling personal news is surpassed by Vera’s family revelations. Stars Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge.

Irene’s unsettling personal news is surpassed by Vera’s family revelations.

Starring Prunella Scales as Irene and Patricia Routledge as Vera.

The up and down relationship between two mature ladies shared via their barbed correspondence.

Written by Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman.

Abridged by Kati Nicholl.

Producer: David Roper

A Heavy Entertainment production, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997.

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09 December 1997

15 minutes

On radio

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BBC Radio 4 Extra

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