A Woman Of No Importance - Radio 4 Comedy Drama - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

Genre

Comedy Drama

Broadcast

1991

Channel

BBC Radio 4

Episodes

1

Stars

Diana Rigg, Martin Jarvis, Annette Crosbie, Irene Sutcliffe, Susan Sheridan, Auriol Smith, Dominic Letts, Teresa Gallagher and more

Writers

Oscar Wilde and Adrian Bean

Director

Adrian Bean

Company

With a country house party in full swing, Mrs Arbuthnot's long-concealed secret comes back to haunt her.

This follows the announcement that Gerald Arbuthnot has been appointed secretary to the sophisticated and witty Lord Illingworth.

Gerald's mother stands in the way of his appointment, but fears to tell him why, for who will believe Lord Illingworth to be a man of no importance?

Additional details

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Production

Studio

Soundtrack

Violin played by Alexander Balanescu.

Broadcast details

First broadcast

Monday 23rd December 1991 at 2pm on BBC Radio 4

Episode length

90 minutes

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