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1. New York, New York

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Anne heads off to the dazzling lights of post-war New York in search of a career in the entertainment industry. Stars Madeleine Potter.

September, 1945: Anne Welles arrives in New York from sedate Lawrenceville to discover every woman she meets is looking for a husband.

Three beautiful young women become best friends as they carve out careers in the entertainment industry.

Jacqueline Susann's best-selling novel, first published in 1966.

Dramatised in fifteen parts by Yvonne Antrobus.

Anne Welles .... Madeleine Potter
Neely O'Hara .... Barbara Barnes
Henry Bellamy .... Stuart Milligan
Allen Cooper .... Walter Lewis
Mrs Welles .... Liza Ross

Producer: Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005.

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