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D-DAY The Mountain and the Molehill

on BBC One London

When Allied troops landed in occupied
Europe on D-Day, 50 years ago, the success of the operation led directly to the end of the war. Presumably, then, there can have been no leak of the plans.
Yet as David Reid 's drama, set in 1944, reveals, the security services are In a flap. For In Daily Telegraph crosswords in the weeks leading up to the landings, codewords referring to the invasion have been appearing as answers.
Two MI5 agents are despatched to confront the culprit, the headmaster of a public school in southern
England. But has the code been cracked, or is there a more Innocent explanation?
Producers Ruth Caleb and Graham Massey Director Moira Armstrong
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Contributors

Unknown:
David Reid
Producers:
Ruth Caleb
Producers:
Graham Massey
Director:
Moira Armstrong
Mr Moggs:
Michael Gough
Reg:
Michael Quill
Dennis:
Demetri Jagger
Norman:
Jacob Krichefski
Lauderdale:
John Carson
Lilliwhite:
Paul Brooke
Meadows:
Iant Hdmpson
Jennifer:
Sally Noden
Mrs Anderson:
Eliza Hunt
Mr Bellows:
Charles Lewsen
Major Sykes:
Frank Williams
Mr Smout:
Alan David
MademoiselleGidoux:
Valerie Chassigneux
Lieutenant Hipwell:
Stephen Hoye
Colonel Mitchell:
James Aubrey

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