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Valley Of The Dolls

Fifteen episodes. First broadcast from 20050822 to 20050909.

By Jacqueline Susann, dramatised by Yvonne Antrobus.

The 1960s best seller in which three beautiful young women become best friends as they carve out careers in the entertainment industry.

Womans Hour Drama

Episode	First Broadcast	Description
01	20050822	September 1945, Anne Welles arrives in New York from sedate Lawrenceville to find that every woman she meets is looking for a husband. allen cooper....walter lewis amelia....Susan Jameson anne welles....madeleine potter attendant....Colleen Prendergast carmen....coleen prendergast claude....wayne foskett directed by.... Claire Grove director....nathan osgood dr hall....harry myers george....wayne foskett gilbert....harry myers gino cooper....nathan osgood helen lawson....sally dexter henry bellamy....stuart milligan irma....Susan Jameson jennifer north....julia ford jennifers mother....Susan Jameson john sykes....ian porter kevin....Kerry Shale lyon burke....Jamie Glover margie parks....Colleen Prendergast mel....harry myers miriam....Susan Jameson miss steinberg....liza ross mrs welles....liza ross neely o'hara....barbara barnes nelly o'hara....barbara barnes nurse....Susan Jameson shirley....Colleen Prendergast studio head....nathan osgood ted....wayne foskett terry king....coleen prendergast tony polar....john sharian winston adams....nathan osgood
02	20050823	Anne Welles has received a marriage proposal from one of the richest men in the New York.
03	20050824	Anne meets the famous singer Helen Lawson and Neely understudies the lead in a new musical.
04	20050825	Anne goes to the opening of the musical Hit the Sky and chorus girl Neely gets her big break.
05	20050826	Anne has fallen in love with a handsome Englishman, Lyon Burke. Her friendship with torch-singer Helen Lawson is put to the test.
06	20050829	New York, January 1946. Anne, Jennifer and Neely move in together.
07	20050830	Jennifer is determined to marry singer Tony Polar and Lyon visits Anne's family home in Lawrenceville.
08	20050831	Newly married Jennifer visits Neely in Hollywood. Neely's studio schedule is taking its toll on her life and her marriage.
09	20050901	Jennifer is invited to star in French films and Anne gets work in the new medium television.
10	20050902	Neely has won an academy award but her second marriage is already on the rocks.
11	20050905	It's 1956. Neely's Hollywood career has collapsed. Back in New York she and Anne go to see Neely's old rival Helen Lawson in a new show.
12	20050906	1959. Now the sex siren of French films, Jennifer, returns to America.
13	20050907	1960. Neely loses her voice and Anne meets someone from her past.
14	20050908	1960. Anne's first love is back, but she is supposed to be marrying somebody else.
15 LAST	20050909	Neely's voice returns. She is back on top again and Anne leaves modeling to have a baby.