1. "Something's Cropped Up"

Summer 1916: The Little Ottleys, as that fine-looking yet tall couple had been known - are a couple no longer......

Continuing Ada Leverson's witty social comedy set in early 20th century London.

Bruce Ottley headed off to America with widow Madame Frabelle. But he found life with her to be less than idyllic, and decides to return to England.

However, his wife Edith, is all set to marry the love of her life - Aylmer Ross. She takes pity on her former husband who now cuts rather a pathetic figure, and allows him into the spare room. How on earth can she tell Aylmer?

Dramatised in five episodes by Martyn Wade, taken from three of Ada Leverson's short novels written between 1908 and 1916:

* Love's Shadow
* Tenterhooks
* Love At Second Sightt

They were grouped together in n 1962 under the title of 'The Little Ottleys'.

Narrator Ada Leverson ........ Haydn Gwynne
Edith ........ Juliet Aubrey
Alymer ........ Jonathan Firth
Bruce ........ Ifan Meredith

Music: "Forgotten Dreams" - Max Jaffa with the Palm Court Orchestra

Director: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2012.