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Episode 2

Alice is on a mission to remove the concrete from the squat's toilets and to reconnect the electricity. Meanwhile, the other members of the Communist Centre Union squabble.

Nobel laureate Doris Lessing's 1985 satire about a band of incompetent, bourgeois revolutionaries living in a London squat. Starring Olivia Vinall, Joe Armstrong and Sian Thomas. Dramatized by Sarah Daniels.

Alice is on a mission to remove the concrete from the squat's toilets and to reconnect the electricity. Meanwhile, the other members of the Communist Centre Union squabble over who is entitled to live in the house.

Directed by Emma Harding.

15 minutes

Last on

Tue 20 Feb 201819:45

Credits

RoleContributor
AliceOlivia Vinall
JasperJoe Armstrong
JimTayla Kovacevic-Ebong
BertRalph Davis
PatIsabella Inchbald
PhilipGary Duncan
RobertaKath Weare
FayeAbbie Andrews
MonikaLauren Cornelius
TeresaSudha Bhuchar
JoanEllie Darvill
AuthorDoris Lessing
AdaptorSarah Daniels
DirectorEmma Harding

Broadcasts

  • Tue 20 Feb 201810:45
  • Tue 20 Feb 201819:45

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