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An Ice Cream War

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

A five-part adaptationof William Boyd 's immensely popular
Booker Prize-winning novel. l:As millions prepare for slaughter on the Western Front, a ridiculous array of British and German colonists in East Africa try to emulate their European counterparts.
With Thomas Dawes and Simon Desborough.
Dramatised by John Peacock. Director EoinO'Callaghan

Contributors

Unknown:
William Boyd
Unknown:
Thomas Dawes
Unknown:
Simon Desborough.
Dramatised By:
John Peacock.
Ench Von Bishop:
Nicholas Grace
Temple Smith:
William Hootkins
Felix Cobb:
Gerard Logan
Gabriel Cobb:
James Larkin
Charis Lavery/Cobb:
Rachel Atkins
Weech-Browning:
Nicholas Boulton
Lies! Von Bishop:
Danielle Allen
Mrs Cobb:
Diana Hoddinott
Major Cobb:
Colin Pinney
Dr Venables:
James Taylor
Eustada:
Vivienne Rochester
Hyams:
Lyndam Gregory
Cyril:
Dominic Letts
Grevilk:
Gareth Armstrong
Source: Radio Times

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