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Radio 4,18 Dec 2023,44 mins

A Wireless War

Drama on 4

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At the outbreak of war in 1939, the BBC evacuated its newly-formed Radio Drama Company of actors, led by Val Gielgud, to Worcestershire. To mark a hundred years of radio drama at the BBC, a cast of current and former members of the RDC perform this new drama by Hannah Khalil. So how do you record a play in the stables of a Victorian stately home? Val Gielgud ..... Carl Prekopp Laurence ..... Joel MacCormack Audrey/Wendy ..... Clare Corbett Pete/Bill ..... Ben Crowe Gladys ..... Jessica Turner Leonard ..... John Lightbody Mary ..... Kitty O’Sullivan Charles Siepmann ..... Michael Bertenshaw Warden ..... Tyler Cameron Marius Goring ..... Josh Bryant-Jones Sound design by Peter Ringrose with Alison Craig and Mike Etherden Production Co-ordinator - Maggie Olgiati Directed by Toby Swift A BBC Audio production for BBC Radio 4

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