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25-29 January 1916

In the week when President Woodrow Wilson declared, 'The world is on fire, and sparks are likely to drop anywhere', pressures begin to tell at the Bevan hospital too.

In the week when President Woodrow Wilson declared "The world is on fire, and sparks are likely to drop anywhere", pressures begin to tell at the Bevan hospital too.

Written by Claudine Toutoungi
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

Story-led by Shaun McKenna
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan
Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.

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58 minutes

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Thu 31 Mar 201603:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Credits

Adam WilsonBilly Kennedy
Adeline LumleyHelen Schlesinger
Alec PooleTom Stuart
Beryl RocheRebecca Hamilton
Bob CapelingJoe Sims
Carl LarkinRichard Pepple
Dorothea WinwoodRachel Shelley
Dr StreatfieldChris Pavlo
Edie ChadwickKathryn Beaumont
Gabriel GrahamMichael Bertenshaw
Hilary PearceCraige Els
Ivy LaytonLizzy Watts
Kitty LumleyAmi Metcalf
Marion WardleLaura Elphinstone
Millie MumfordJessica Turner
Nell KingsleyAlice St Clair
Olive HargreavesRhiannon Neads
Patrick BuntingJack Ashton
Phyllis MarshallChristine Absalom
Ruby TulliverMartine McCutcheon
Sylvia GrahamJoanna David
Victor LumleyJoel MacCormack
Private BunceEwan Bailey
Private FynnCaolan McCarthy
Private KellyLeo Wan
Private LensfieldGeorge Watkins
WriterClaudine Toutoungi
DirectorAllegra McIlroy

Broadcasts

  • Fri 29 Jan 201621:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Wed 30 Mar 201610:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Wed 30 Mar 201615:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 31 Mar 201603:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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