My Dear Bessie

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A love story in letters played out against the backdrop of the Second World War. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Louise Brealey. A small blue box opened in 2008 revealed a wartime world of love, longing and frustration. On September 5th 1943, Chris Barker, a signalman stationed North Africa near Tobruk decided to write to former work colleague, Bessie Moore. She is a Morse code interpreter at the Foreign Office in London. The unexpected warmth of Bessie's reply changed their lives forever. Chris Barker …….. Benedict Cumberbatch Bessie Moore …….. Louise Brealey Compiled by Simon Garfield and adapted for radio by Sara Davies. Producer: Gemma Jenkins First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2015.