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Les Miserables: 5: Waterloo

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Victor Hugo, adapted for radio in 16 parts by Barry Campbell, Constance Cox and Val Gielgud
with Robert Hardy as Victor Hugo
We leave the story of Jean Valjean briefly to follow the course of the battle of Waterloo - and encounter a wounded soldier.
The battle is described by Neville Jason, John Rowe and Alan Rowe as the French, English and Prussian narrators
(Repeated: Tuesday 3.5 pm)
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Contributors

Author:
Victor Hugo
Episode adapted by:
Val Gielgud
Serial Edited By:
Barry Campbell
Episode produced and directed by:
Christopher Venning
Victor Hugo:
Robert Hardy
Jean Valjean:
Trevor Martin
French narrator:
Neville Jason
English narrator:
John Rowe
Prussian narrator:
Alan Rowe
Thenardier:
Malcolm Hayes
Sergeant:
Haydn Jones
Napoleon:
Michael Shannon
Wellington:
Godfrey Kenton
Scots voice:
Douglas Blackwell
Blucher:
David Neal
English General:
Clifford Norgate
Pontmercy:
David Graham
Source: Radio Times

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