Episode 5

Available for 318 days

Gudrun’s blissful life is interrupted when her childhood sweetheart returns from abroad, bringing with him a new wife. Gudrun, a young woman in 11th century Iceland, must forge her path through a world of unearthly beauty yet uncompromising harshness. Starring Kate Phillips. Lucy Catherine’s re-telling of the Icelander classic, The Laxdoela Saga. Gudrun . . . . . Kate Phillips Freija . . . . . Samantha Dakin Bolli . . . . . Gavi Singh Chera Kjartan . . . . . Luke MacGregor Olaf . . . . . John Bowler Vigdis . . . . . Finlay Robertson Hrefna . . . . . Natasha Cowley Sigrid . . . . . Rosa Yevtushenko Director: Sasha Yevtushenko First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2016.