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11. The Cat Fight

Episode 11 of 15

Neely’s Hollywood career is over and with Anne’s help she gets a TV break in New York but is she up to it? Stars Barbara Barnes.

1956: Neely's Hollywood career has collapsed. Back in New York - she gets a TV break.

But is she up to it?

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
Nelly O'Hara ...Barbara Barnes
Kevin... Kerry Shale
Helen Lawson... Sally Dexter
Attendant... Coleen Prendergast
Director... Nathan Osgood

Producer: Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005.

19 days left to listen

15 minutes

Last on

Tue 7 Jul 2026 03:45
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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