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16-20 February 1915
The country may be at war and the factories at peak production, but there is time for romance in industrial Tynemouth.
The country may be at war, and the factories at peak production, but there's time for romance in industrial Tynemouth.
Written by Melissa Murray
Story-led by Shaun McKenna
Consultant Historian: Professor Maggie Andrews
Music: Matthew Strachan
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.
Last on
Sat 16 May 201503:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Baxter | Kris Deedigan |
| Paddy Blackshields | Chris Garner |
| Maud Burnett | Carolyn Pickles |
| Duncan Chadwick | Mark Stobbart |
| Fraser Chadwick | Edmund Wiseman |
| Alan Lowther | David Seddon |
| Kitty Lumley | Ami Metcalf |
| Robert Lyle | Deka Walmsley |
| Luke Lyle | Richard Riddell |
| Mhairi Marchant | Jane Slavin |
| Cressida Marshall | Bettrys Jones |
| Johnnie Marshall | Paul Ready |
| Geoffrey Marshall | Dominic Mafham |
| Esther O'Leary | Amy Cameron |
| Joyce O'Leary | Tracy Whitwell |
| Sgt Ryker | Simon Harrison |
| Kenny Stokoe | Dean Logan |
| Arnold Reynolds | Neil Grainger |
| Yevgeny Zamyatin | Simon Scardifield |
| Marion Wardle | Laura Elphinstone |
| Davy Wardle | Stephen O'Raullian |
| Martha | Chelsea Halfpenny |
| Teddy | Shaun Mason |
| Woman Worker | Hannah Genesius |
| Writer | Melissa Murray |
| Director | Jessica Dromgoole |
Broadcasts
Fri 20 Feb 201521:00BBC Radio 4- Fri 15 May 201510:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Fri 15 May 201515:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 16 May 201503:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
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