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Saturday Drama

Mike Walker - The Biggest Secret

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 5^th Jun 2004, 15:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 5^th Jun 2014, 13:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

4 Extra Debut. In the early hours of 5 June 1944, Captain Rob Collins, who is languishing in hospital, receives a call that will take him on a journey through England that will change his life.

Mike Walker's play is an epic journey across England poised on the edge of a historical moment. It is set on June 5th the day before the invasion. It is a portrait of England waiting for the invasion that will change the course of history, but an invasion only a very few know that is about happen. Show less

Contributors

Narrator:: Juliet Stevenson
Capt Collins:: Benedict Cumberbatch
Cpl Cunningham:: Claudia Harrison
Jack Harris:: Danny Webb
Gloria Harris:: Kaye Wragge
Ray Harris:: Joseph Tremain
Tim:: Ben Tibber
Gen Eisenhower:: Colin Stinton
Flt Lt Paul Parker:: Bertie Carvel
Lilly:: Emily Chennery
Eddie:: Ricci Harnett
Lancaster Skipper:: Jamie Glover
Lancaster Crew:: Carl Prekopp
Lancaster Crew:: Simon Nehan
Warder:: Chris MacDonnell
Warder:: John Rowe
Rosie:: Alice Hart
Sea Captain:: David Leonard
1st Lieutenant RN:: Andrew Mackintosh
G.I.:: John Guerrasio
Monty:: Philip Fox
Nursing Sister:: Joanna McCallum
Writer:: Mike Walker
Director:: Jeremy Howe

Genres

DramaWar & Disaster

Brand

Source: BBC Online

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