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It’s a pleasure, then, to welcome this script from Lucinda Coxon, anchored by a central performance of power and confidence from Joanne Froggatt, best known as kindly maid Anna in Downton Abbey. Perennials PERENNIALS constant friends A selection of novels, memoirs and more by some of our favourite authors. Alys, Always is a muted experiment for Hytner, whose more recent productions – Julius Caesar, Allelujah!There was one unmissable show - Laura Linney in My Name is Lucy Barton - and a good promenade Shakespeare in Julius Caesar). But the trope of the plucky female upstart who rises to become the power behind the throne is no less cliché. Earlier this year the Daily Telegraph ran a teaser in its print edition: ‘Jemima Khan: My verdict on the shake-up at Radio 2’.

To give a taster though, the narrator is Frances, the quiet, loner of a sub-editor at a publishing house. Lucinda Coxon’s adaptation of Harriet Lane’s acclaimed debut novel ‘Alys, Always’ isn’t a classic, but it goes down pretty smooth, a smart, slick psychodrama with a mischievous satirical undercurrent. It tells the story of Frances, a lowly sub-editor and general dogsbody on the books desk of a Sunday newspaper. Remarkables REMARKABLES Intriguing, stunning, or otherwise remarkable books These include fine editions, foreign publications that are exceptional for their interest or production, special editions and some first-rate books from very small publishers. In fact lots of books get name-checked as Frances (Joanne Froggatt) works at a Sunday broadsheet with a dwindling readership, a sub-editor on the book reviews section but, if she’s noticed at all, treated as a glorified gopher by the more dominant personalities on her team.What it does, have, however - and makes it consistently watchable - are gripping performances from Joanne Froggatt as the fast-climbing Frances and Robert Glenister as the man she becomes so enamoured with and beholden to. By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file.