Dr Andrew Manson performs a remarkable doctoring feat in a crisis.

Set in a mid-1920s South Wales mining town, Drineffy.

Based on AJ Cronin's groundbreaking novel, which is said to have partly inspired the creation of the NHS.

Manson ...... Richard Fleeshman
Denny ...... Julian Lewis Jones
Susan ...... Fiona Clarke
Midwife ...... Ellie Darvill
Joe Morgan ...... Ben Addis

Dramatised by Christopher Reason.

Producers: Pauline Harris and Gary Brown
Director: Gary Brown

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018. Show less