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In the week when cheers meet the announcement in Parliament that three Irish rebel leaders have been executed, it is a week of collisions in Ashburton.

In the week, in 1916, when cheers met the announcement in Parliament that three Irish rebel leaders had been executed, it's a week of collisions in Ashburton.

Written by Shaun McKenna
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole

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

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58 minutes

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Wed 3 Aug 201603:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Credits

Dieter LippkeFelix Auer
Morris BattleySean Baker
Alexander GidleyMatthew Beard
Marcus GoodridgeMax Bennett
Jacques HamoirMichael Bertenshaw
Tobias HoldenToby Bryant
Emily ColvilleScarlett Brookes
IvorPaul Burgess
John RossiterMark Carey
Simeon DyerJosh Darcy
Agatha ChristieMelody Grove
Edwin LloydFinn den Hertog
Pat McCroryJonny Holden
Adam WilsonBilly Kennedy
Isaac CoxJames Lailey
Primrose RutterJade Matthew
Kitty LumleyAmi Metcalf
Cora GidleyJoanna Monro
Oswald DyerDean Nolan
Hector GidleyBrian Protheroe
Johnnie MarshallPaul Ready
Effie TavernerLizzie Stables
Clarence OgdenDavid Sterne
Molly DyerStevie Thompson
Wilfred TruscottStephen Tomlin
Elspeth TavernerKelly Williams
WriterShaun McKenna
DirectorAllegra McIlroy
EditorJessica Dromgoole

Broadcasts

  • Fri 6 May 201621:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Tue 2 Aug 201610:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 2 Aug 201615:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Wed 3 Aug 201603:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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