The Ghost at the Table Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Blue Willow China

  Frances can't hide her excitement as her father crosses the threshold for the first time in 25 years, but Cynnie feels sadness at her memories of him. Debora Weston reads Suzanne Berne's novel

• Dad's Favourite

  Cynnie discusses the family's dark past with her wayward niece. Debora Weston reads Suzanne Berne's novel about secrets and lies

• A Mollusc in a Blue Blazer

  Cynnie and Frances collect their estranged father from his young second wife, who is preparing to divorce him. Debora Weston reads Suzanne Berne's tale of childhood memories

• A Smoking Mess

  By Suzanne Berne. Thanksgiving is over and the sisters continue to struggle with different versions of their shared past. Read by Debora Weston

• A Special Bond

  Frances and Cynnie cling to their different versions of the past - and their memories of their mother's death when they were teenagers. Debora Weston reads Suzanne Berne's novel

• A Spray of Bittersweet

  Suzanne Berne's novel about the power of childhood memories to haunt and destroy, read by Debora Weston. A woman reluctantly arrives at her older sister's home to celebrate a Thanksgiving family reunion. Abridged by Doreen Estall

• Twenty-Seven Pounds of Solid Ice

  Thanksgiving morning sees a mixture of farce and friction. Debora Weston reads Suzanne Berne's novel about the way family grief can splinter lives

• Two Kinds of Stuffing

  By Suzanne Berne. Frances makes the old-fashioned Thanksgiving dinner she's longed for. However, after the pumpkin pie, Cynnie angrily refuses to play happy families. Read by Debora Weston

• An Unforgivable Thing

  By Suzanne Berne. Frances' husband takes Cynnie's hand and Cynnie seeks revenge against her older sister. Read by Debora Weston

• The Unreliability of Memory

  Debora Weston reads the final part of Suzanne Berne's novel about how people gloss over the past to suit their needs. Cynnie lies down beside her dying father. Abridged by Doreen Estall