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The Cazalets
- The Epic Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation
- Narrated by: Penelope Wilton, Full Cast
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
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Summary
Penelope Wilton narrates BBC Radio 4’s epic dramatisation of the treasured family saga, Elizabeth Jane Howard’s five book chronicle of the upper-middle class. Cazalet family begins in 1938, as siblings Hugh, Edward, Rupert, and Rachel join together for another family holiday at Home Place, their house in the Sussex countryside.
During the course of The Light Years, Marking Time, Confusion, Casting Off, and All Change, the progress of their lives, and those of their children, will be charted. As their stories unfolds we gain a vivid insight into the lives, hopes, and loves of three generations during the Second Word War and beyond.
Dramatised by Sarah Daniels and Lin Coghlan, and with a large cast of actors across all five books, this remarkable radio event adds a new dimension to Elizabeth Jane Howard’s extraordinary chronicles. The first four Cazalet novels sold over a million copies, with the fifth being published in 2013, shortly before the author’s death.
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- claire gonnet
- 10-01-22
Brilliant
Beautifully written and performed, with a full cast to help bring the story alive. Elizabeth Jane Howard’s characters are full of soul, modern and compassionate.
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- Kinga
- 01-02-22
Wonderful!
Such a wonderful and pleasurable drama! I was sad when it finished. The best BBC drama I have ever listened to.
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- Sarah
- 05-10-16
Absorbing and wonderful...
...Just like the books. This is a fabulous story, beautifully told. I loved it and will be recommending it to friends and family. And listening to it again very soon!
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- Miss Rose Edwards
- 12-11-16
A joy
I have read the Cazalet Chronicles so many times that the characters are like old friends. The adaptation is so beautifully abridged and acted that I think I will always hear these voices when I next return to the books.
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- Willow tree
- 01-01-20
A beautiful story sensitively performed
A most beautiful story of middle class life in the first half of the 20th century. Powerful personal emotions are masterfully portrayed by a wonderful cast, I particularly enjoyed the sensitive depiction of the relationship Sid and Rachael.
I will definitely listen to this epic again in a couple of years!
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-09-20
fabulous!!
listened to this in one weekend, completely immersive, p many interesting characters, loved every second, just sorry it had to end
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- Cat
- 16-07-21
Wonderful
I love this series and it’s beautifully read by Penelope Wilton and the cast really bring it to life. I want to start it all over again already.
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- Lauri Sim
- 19-06-21
Fantastic
An incredible story of the societal shift post war seen through the story of three generations of the wealthy Cazalet family, who go from spending glorious idyllic fashionable summers at the family pile to the pain and horror of the great leveller that is war to finally the late 50s and the end of an era for the great family and their sprawling manor.
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- CB
- 07-05-20
Very enjoyable
A lovely story beautifully read by Penelope Wilson. Very easy to listen to at any time.
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- Graham Keene
- 02-02-20
Wonderful family saga
I listen to this story often. Of times gone by when the world went a little mad, but stuck together.
The story was performed brilliantly by the cast and story line was excellent. Dear Penelope Wilton’s voice so soft and caring voice.
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