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A Child in the Forest

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Winifred Foley 's vivid recollection of growing up in the remote Forest of Dean in the twenties is dramatised in ten parts by David Goodland.
6: During the 1926 coal strike Poll is taken ill.
Produced and directed by Viv Beeby and Jeremy Howe Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Winifred Foley
Unknown:
David Goodland.
Directed By:
Viv Beeby
Directed By:
Jeremy Howe
Mam:
Suzanna Hamilton
Dad:
Robert Glenister
Poll:
Anna Townsend
Goggy:
Louis Smith
Little Charlie:
Joshua Chopping
Aunt Lizzie:
Elizabeth Kelly
Mrs Protheroe:
Kim Hicks
Chairman:
Paul Dodgson
Source: Radio Times

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