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Private Peaceful (BBC Radio Full Cast Audio Theater)
Private Peaceful - BBC Radio Full Cast Audio Theater Author:Michael Morpurgo A BBC Radio 4 Full Cast Dramatization of the powerful novel set in the First World War, from the author of War Horse. Recorded on location Iddesleigh, the Devon village where the book is set, this radio dramatization features among its cast Paul Chequer, Nicholas Lyndhurst, and author Michael Morpurgo himself. — This is the story of Thomas ''Tomm... more »o'' Peaceful, a young soldier who finds himself in Belgium, in the trenches of the First World War, with his brother Charlie. It is also the story of Tommo's life, growing up in Devon with his brothers, and of his love for Molly, the beautiful girl he met on his first day at school.
As the story unfolds, from past to present, so approaches the hour when Tommo and Charlie will be separated for ever. The horrors of the First World War, and the injustice meted out to the soldiers who fought in it, are movingly described.
Cast & Credits:
Young Tommo: Ted Allpress / Tommo: Paul Chequer / Mr. Munnings, Farmer Cox: Nick Brimble / Vicar: Michael Morpurgo / Sergeant Hanley: Nicholas Lyndhurst / Captain Wilkes, Brigadier: Jonathan Keeble / Buckland, Doctor: Terence Mann / Recorded on location in Iddlesleigh, Devon
Written by Michael Morpurgo; Music by Coope Boyes and Simpson; The organist: Marjorie Cleverdon; Dramatized by Simon Reade, from the novel by Michael Morpurgo;First broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on February 4, 2012; Directed by Susan Roberts« less