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Afternoon Play: The Book of Secrets

on BBC Radio 4 FM

The long-vanished world of colonial East Africa is brought to life through the discovery of an old diary. The book belonged to a British officer, and as its pages begin to yield the secrets of the past and a complex web of relationships, so the connections between the past and present become apparent.

Contributors

Director:
Mark Rickards
Alfred:
Tim Pigott-Smith
Pius:
Nadim Sawalha
Rita:
Shaheen Khan
Mariamu:
Shaheen Khan
Mukhi:
Renu Setna
Pipa:
Vincent Ebrahim
Ali:
Shiv Grewal
Thomas:
Shiv Grewal

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