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20-24 November 1917

The second omnibus of Season 12, Giddy with Possibility, the week in 1917 when the Battle of Cambrai marked the first mass use of tanks. From November 2017.

The second omnibus of Season 12, Giddy with Possibility, set in the week, in 1917, when the Battle of Cambrai marked the first mass use of tanks.

Cast
Edie Chadwick ..... Kathryn Beaumont
Sarah Illingworth ..... Naomi Frederick
Marion Wardle ..... Laura Elphinstone
Fraser Chadwick ..... Edmund Wiseman
Lester Reed ..... Trevor Fox
Alan Lowther ..... David Seddon
Duncan Chadwick ..... Mark Stobbart
Ethel Manning ..... Sophie Scott
Iris Reed ..... Charlie Hardwick
Johnnie Marshall ..... Paul Ready
Joyce Lyle ..... Tracy Whitwell
Judith Turner ..... Kate Okello
Kenny Stokoe ..... Dean Logan
Matilda James ..... Hannah Wood
Maud Drummond ..... Vineeta Rishi
Molly Duckett ..... ictoria Bewick
Neil McCaul ..... Hodges
Stanley Hobbs ..... David Nellist
Trevor Lamb ..... Phillip Correia

Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
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

Last on

Fri 23 Feb 201803:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Credits

Edie ChadwickKathryn Beaumont
Molly DuckettVictoria Bewick
Trevor LambPhilip Correia
Marion WardleLaura Elphinstone
Lester ReedTrevor Fox
Sarah IllingworthNaomi Frederick
Iris ReedCharlie Hardwick
Kenny StokoeDean Logan
HodgesNeil McCaul
Stanley HobbsDavid Nellist
Judith TurnerKate Okello
Johnnie MarshallPaul Ready
Maud DrummondVineeta Rishi
Ethel ManningSophie Scott
Alan LowtherDavid Seddon
Duncan ChadwickMark Stobbart
Joyce LyleTracy Whitwell
Fraser ChadwickEdmund Wiseman
Matilda JamesHannah Wood
WriterSebastian Baczkiewicz
DirectorAllegra McIlroy
Series EditorJessica Dromgoole

Broadcasts

  • Fri 24 Nov 201721:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Thu 22 Feb 201810:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 22 Feb 201815:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 23 Feb 201803:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Characters

The Characters

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