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Primo Levi's The Periodic Table

Episode 8: Cerium

Duration: 20 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Henry Goodman and Akbar Kurtha star as older and younger Primo Levi in a major new dramatization of Levi's short stories about our human relationship with the chemical elements.

Introduced by Janet Suzman and dramatised by Graham White from the translation by Raymond Rosenthal.

Cerium: Primo's training as a chemist helps him to survive the terrible conditions of Auschwitz.

Produced and directed by Emma Harding and Marc Beeby. Show less

Contributors

Older Primo:
Henry Goodman
Younger Primo:
Akbar Kurtha
Alberto:
Leo Wan
Prisoner 1:
David Hounslow
Prisoner 2:
Sam Dale
Author:
Primo Levi
Adaptor:
Graham White
Director:
Marc Beeby
Director:
Emma Harding
Producer:
Marc Beeby
Producer:
Emma Harding

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