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18-22 December 1917

The sixth omnibus of Season 12, Giddy with Possibility, set in Tynemouth, in the week in 1917 when negotiations for peace between Russia and Germany began at Brest-Litovsk.

The sixth omnibus of Season 12, Giddy with Possibility, set in Tynemouth, in the week, in 1917, when negotiations for peace between Russia and Germany began at Brest-Litovsk.

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

Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan
Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.

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58 minutes

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Thu 1 Mar 201803:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Credits

Phyllis MarshallChristine Absalom
Peggy TanneyAbbie Andrews
Edie ChadwickKathryn Beaumont
Isabel GrahamKeely Beresford
Gabriel GrahamMichael Bertenshaw
Ada StokoeVictoria Bewick
Esther O'LearyAnna Bolton
Cristine de GrootYsabelle Cooper
Trevor LambPhilip Correia
Sylvia GrahamJoanna David
Alice RobsonCatherine Dryden
Marion WardleLaura Elphinstone
Lester ReedTrevor Fox
Sarah IllingworthNaomi Frederick
Kenny StokoeDean Logan
Bill McCrackenCaolan McCarthy
Kitty LumleyAmi Metcalf
Stanley HobbsDavid Nellist
Judith TurnerKate Okello
Dilys WalkerEllie Piercy
Johnnie MarshallPaul Ready
Maud DrummondVineeta Rishi
Ethel ManningSophie Scott
Alan LowtherDavid Seddon
Peter LumleyBeatrice White
Fraser ChadwickEdmund Wiseman
Matilda JamesHannah Wood
WriterShaun McKenna
DirectorAllegra McIlroy
Series EditorJessica Dromgoole

Broadcasts

  • Fri 22 Dec 201721:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Wed 28 Feb 201810:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Wed 28 Feb 201815:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 1 Mar 201803:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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