When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs

**** This programme was suggested by Sam Fitsimmons as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****

If you survived the Blitz - an atomic bomb can’t be all that different... can it?

In the event of the nuclear holocaust, Jim and Hilda Bloggs have taken all the advised precautions.

When the three-minute warning is given, Jim has the opportunity to test his inner-core refuge.

But what will they be confronted with when they emerge?

Raymond Briggs based his radio play on his 1982 graphic novel of the same name. A follow-up to ‘Gentleman Jim’.

Jim …. Peter Sallis
Hilda …. Brenda Bruce
Gordon Clough appears as himself
Announcer …. Brian Perkins

Director: John Tydeman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1983.

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