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Echoes of War: Rabbit Pie Day

on BBC Two England

by Tim Rose Price
with Barry Foster as the Major
As World War II draws to a close thousands of Russian soldiers overtaken by the Allied advance in Europe find themselves in England - and they like it. The major of one particular camp foresees problems should they have to go back; but as he says, 'They're only going home, after all!' - but home to what?
"This little gem of compression and understatement." (The Daily Telegraph)
"Blessed by a splendid central performance by Barry Foster and direction of the highest class by Jonathan Lewis." (New Standard)
(The Brylcreem Boys tomorrow at 9.40)

Contributors

Writer:
Tim Rose Price
Producer:
Terry Coles
Director:
Jonathan Lewis
The Major:
Barry Foster
Interpreter:
David Rintoul
Colonel:
Peter Copley
Clerk:
Albery Welling
Sergeant:
Barrie Houghton
Corporal:
Christian Burgess
Kolossov:
William Hootkins
Platanov:
Milos Kirek
Russian:
Eugene Lipinski
Russian:
Jiri Stanislas
Russian:
Richard Wren
Red Army general:
Yuri Borienko

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