George Eliot - The Lifted Veil

GEORGE ELIOT - THE LIFTED VEIL (320kbs-m4a/264mb/1hr54mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 1st & 8th March 2025

George Eliot's 1859 novella.

Starring Toby Stephens.

Dramatised in two parts by Jonathan Holloway.

Director: Jane Morgan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1997.

GEORGE ELIOT - THE LIFTED VEIL - 1. POWERS (320kbs-m4a/132mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 1st March 2025

Latimer can not only see into the future, he can also tell what people are thinking.

But he fails to benefit from his clairvoyant powers.

Latimer .... Toby Stephens
Boy Latimer .... Edward Michie
Father .... Tim Piggot-Smith
Mother .... Vivien Heilbron
Bertha .... Abigail Docherty
Alfred .... Simon Scardifield
Charles Meunier .... Ian Hughes
Dr Black / Passer-by .... John Rowe
Cook / Mrs Filmore .... Rachel Atkins
Mr Letteherall / Passer-by 2 .... Hugh Dickson
Young Housemaid .... Tracy Ann Oberman
Perry / Street Vendor .... Christopher Wright

GEORGE ELIOT - THE LIFTED VEIL - 2. FATE (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 8th March 2025

Disturbed by his clairvoyant powers, the death of his brother clears the way for Latimer to marry Bertha.

Latimer .... Toby Stephens
Father .... Tim Pigott Smith
Bertha .... Abigail Docherty
Charles Meunier .... Ian Hughes
Dr Black .... John Rowe
Mrs Archer .... Carolyn Jones
Housemaid .... Tracy Ann Oberman
Perry .... Christopher Wright