High in the pine forests of the Spanish Sierra, a young American volunteer prepares to blow up a vital bridge as part of a Republican offensive during the Spanish Civil War. There, in the mountains and surrounded by the enemy, he camps with a band of guerrillas tasked with helping him.

But he soon makes a dangerous enemy within the camp and, despite his better judgement, is drawn to Maria, a young woman who has escaped Franco's rebels.

Starring Patrick Kennedy and Melanie Kilburn

Ernest Hemingway's novel, set during the Spanish Civil War.

Dramatised in two parts by Ed Hime.

Narrator . . . . . Colin Stinton
Robert Jordan . . . . . Patrick Kennedy
Pilar . . . . . Melanie Kilburn
Pablo . . . . . Ralph Ineson
Maria . . . . . Leah Brotherhead
Anselmo . . . . . Michael Bertenshaw
Agustin . . . . . Paul Heath
Rafael . . . . . Shaun Mason
El Sordo . . . . . Ian Conningham
Primitivo . . . . . David Acton
Andres . . . . . Arthur Hughes
Fernando . . . . . Monty D'Inverno

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2014. Show less