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Tommies

7 June 1917

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Avin Shah.

East Africa. Having almost caught up with the marauding German troops can ill-matched signallers Pavan Jodha and South African Bill Bloomfield successfully negotiate the safety of those besieged in Mkalama Fort?

Meticulously based on unit war diaries and eye-witness accounts, each episode of TOMMIES traces one real day at war, exactly 100 years ago.

Swahili translation: Raju Jobanputra

Series created by Jonathan Ruffle
Producers: Jonquil Panting, David Hunter, Jonathan Ruffle
Director: David Hunter. Show less

Contributors

Subedar Pavan Jodha:
Akbar Kurtha
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Sergeant Bill Bloomfield:
Rick Warden
Zik Chingombe:
Fiston Barek
Jimbasa Bamgiri:
Ladi Emeruwa
Hilary Williams:
Emilio Doorgasingh
Kualalo Kutawala:
Daon Broni
Askari Soldier:
Emmanuel Kojo
Producer:
David Hunter
Director:
David Hunter
Writer:
Avin Shah

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