A Pressing Engagement - Jilly Cooper, Dare Aiyegbayo - adaption

Category: Full Cast, Historical Fiction, Radio Productions
Language: English
Keywords: Audible Original Romantic Comedy

Written by Jilly Cooper, Dare Aiyegbayo - adaption
Read by Rhea Norwood, Corey Mylchreest, Hannah Waddingham, Richard Ayoade, Vivian Oparah, Bessie Carter, Henry Rowley, Rufus Jones
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Dramatization

Jilly Cooper’s A Pressing Engagement
By: Jilly Cooper, Dare Aiyegbayo - adaption
Narrated by: Rhea Norwood, Corey Mylchreest, Hannah Waddingham, Richard Ayoade, Vivian Oparah, Bessie Carter, Henry Rowley, Rufus Jones
Release date
16-07-2026
Language
English
Format
Original Recording Audiobook
Length
2 hrs and 43 mins
Publisher
Audible Originals
Categories
Literature & Fiction

From the world of Jilly Cooper comes an Audible Original multi-cast drama based on the short story A PRESSING ENGAGEMENT, starring Rhea Norwood and Corey Mylchreest.

Adapted by Dare Aiyegbayo. Produced in collaboration with the Estate of Jilly Cooper, Felicity Blunt and Happy Prince, the team behind the hit Disney+ show RIVALS.

London, 1978. Hester is stuck; trapped in the same secretarial job for years while her older boyfriend, Julian, refuses to commit. When she’s offered a role working with an exciting film producer, she sees a chance for everything to change. But leaving means breaking her boss’s heart. Then she has a brainwave: tell him she’s leaving to get married. Without thinking, she says her childhood friend Nico is her fiancé. One problem — he knows nothing about it. Soon the two of them are putting on the performance of a lifetime for colleagues, friends, and eventually family. But as the lie spirals out of control, Hester and Nico grow closer, and she starts to wonder: does she really want this engagement to be fake after all?

Starring Rhea Norwood (Heartstopper), Corey Mylchreest (Bridgerton), Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso), Richard Ayoade (The IT Crowd), Vivian Oparah (Rye Lane) and Bessie Carter (Bridgerton).

Produced in Dolby Atmos, the production features an original score.

Available in Dolby Atmos on Audible.

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