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The Wrong Label

Drama on 4Katie Hims - Lost Property
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4 Extra Debut. London 1941, and Alice knows that to stop your children from being evacuated is tantamount to siding with Hitler. With Alex Tregear.

by Katie Hims. London, 1941, and Alice knows that to stop your children from being evacuated is to tantamount to siding with Hitler.

Cast

Narrator ..... Rosie Cavaliero
Alice ..... Alex Tregear
Queenie ..... Katie Angelou
Ray ..... Daniel Cooper
Jim ..... Daniel Rabin
Mr Nightingale ..... Stuart McLoughlin
Miss Pearl ..... Bethan Walker
Miss Stanwyck ..... Sally Orrock
Mr Jones ..... Sean Baker
Mrs Jones ..... Joanna Monro

Directed by Jessica Dromgoole

The Wrong Label is part one of a trilogy of plays by acclaimed radio dramatist Katie Hims charting one family's tragi-comic history of heartbreak and redemption. The trilogy won the 2011 BBC Audio Drama Award for Best Drama, where Rosie Cavaliero also picked up the Best Actress award.

45 minutes

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Thu 20 Nov 201404:15
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  • Tue 3 May 201114:15
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  • Mon 30 Jan 201214:15
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