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24-28 April 1917

The second omnibus of Season 10, Our Daily Bread, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when the Food Controller's Wheat, Rye and Rice Restriction Order came into effect.

The second omnibus of Season 10, Our Daily Bread, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when the Food Controller's Wheat, Rye and Rice Restriction Order came into effect.

Written by Shaun McKenna
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole

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

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58 minutes

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Fri 21 Jul 201703:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Credits

Kitty LumleyAmi Metcalf
Walter HamiltonJoseph Kloska
Jessie MooreLucy Hutchinson
Hilary PearceCraige Els
Ralph WinwoodNicholas Murchie
Lilian FrostAlex Tregear
Hilda MooreBella Hamblin
Adam WilsonBilly Kennedy
Maisie HarrisCassie Layton
Alice MacknadeClaire Louise Cordwell
Florrie WilsonClaire Rushbrook
Dolly CloutElaine Claxton
Cynthia HamiltonFenella Woolgar
David RailtonFinlay Robertson
Noah HamiltonFinn Monteath
Albert WilsonJamie Foreman
Ruby PearceKatie Redford
Edna HarrisLara West
Ivy LaytonLizzy Watts
Todd MermanLuke Newberry
Gabriel GrahamMichael Bertenshaw
Dorothea WinwoodRachel Shelley
Dennis MonkSam Swann
Ernie MooreSean Connolly
Prudence ClarkSusie Riddell
Alec PooleTom Stuart
Peter LumleyBea White
WriterShaun McKenna
DirectorJessica Dromgoole

Broadcasts

  • Fri 28 Apr 201721:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Thu 20 Jul 201710:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 20 Jul 201715:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 21 Jul 201703:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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