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Wartime evacuee Rusty returns to Britain with an American accent, and meets a mother she doesn't recognise. Stars Mary Wimbush.

Rusty returns home to Britain after being evacuated to the United States during the Second World War.

But she's reunited with a mother she doesn't recognise.

A wartime story by Michelle Magorian.

Starring Jessica Marshall-Gardiner, Emily Richard and Mary Wimbush.

Dramatised in four parts by Martin Jameson.

Rusty …… Jessica Marshall-Gardiner
Peggy …… Emily Richard
Beattie …… Mary Wimbush
Charlie …… George Allonby
Beth …… Kelly Bright
Susie …… Sasha Graff
Skeet …… Jamie Darnton
Aunt Hannah …… Jilly Bond
Mitch …… Jonathan Keeble
Ivy Woods …… Jane Whittenshaw
Movietone Announcer …… Peter Donaldson
Van Driver …… Michelle Magorian

Director: David Hitchinson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1995.

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 8 Nov 202201:30
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