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Episode 3

With the loss of her only friend, Rusty is desperate to return to her second family in America. Stars Jessica Marshall-Gardiner.

With the loss of her only friend, Rusty is desperate to return to her second family back in America.

A wartime story by Michelle Magorian.

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

Dramatised by Martin Jameson.

Rusty …… Jessica Marshall-Gardiner
Peggy …… Emily Richard
Beattie …… Mary Wimbush
Charlie …… George Allonby
Grandmother …… Pauline Letts
Miss Bembridge …… Richenda Carey
Miss Bullivant …… Tessa Worsley
Lance …… Richard Claxton
Roger …… Nicholas Farrell
Solicitor …… David Collings
Mrs Hatherley …… Becky Hindley

Other parts played by the cast.

Director: David Hitchinson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1995.

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 10 Nov 202201:30

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