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Carrie's War

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two WalesLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

An evocative adaptation of Nina Bawden's bestselling novel. Carrie and her young brother Nick are evacuated from wartime London and end up in a Welsh village, where they are taken in to a spartan home by kindly Lou and her strict brother. There they discover a completely different world of warmth and plenty at Druid's Bottom with the outrageous Hepzibah and her friends, tongue-tied Johnny and Albert Sandwich. But after the death of Mrs Gotobed, friction begins to ensue among the householders. Show less

Contributors

Mrs Gotobed:
Geraldine McEwan
Hepzibah Green:
Pauline Quirke
Lou Evans:
Lesley Sharp
Nick Willow:
Jack Stanley
Older Carrie:
Annabelle Apsion
Albert Sandwich:
Eddie Cooper
Director:
Coky Giedroyc
Frederick Evans:
Daniel Evans

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