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Absent without Leave

BBC One
on BBC One London

Drama, based on actual events, starring Craig McLachlan

New Zealand, 1942. When 16-year-old Daisy becomes pregnant, her boyfriend Ed decides to do the decent thing and marry her. When Ed is called up by the army, he and Daisy are separated and when Ed is told that he is being sent overseas, he goes absent without leave to join his wife.
(1993)
See Films: pages 52-60

Contributors

Director:
John Laing
Ed:
Craig McLachlan
Daisy:
Katrina Hobbs
Peter:
Tony Barry
Ella:
Judie Douglass
Betty:
Robyn Malcolm
Claude:
David Copeland
Ed's cousin:
Chloe Laing
Ed's aunt:
Jane Waddell
Co:
Ken Blackburn
Daisy's brother:
Danny Mulheron
Daisy's father:
Desmond Kelly
Source: Radio Times

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