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Why I Did It?

on BBC Radio 3

A radio documentary by PETER BORENICH
This Hungarian documentary which won the Italia Prize for documentary programmes at Florence last September, is a real-life drama. The producer followed the case of a woman who had tried to commit suicide, from her arrival in hospital to her return to her family. Real people thus enacted their own tragic story. This English version attempts to reproduce the flavour and expression of the real people involved, with as complete accuracy as is humanly possible. with Betty Hardy as the woman and the voices of JULIE HALLAM , ROSALIND ADAMS , CAROLE BOYD. GINNETTE CLARKE , MICHAEL DEACON , FREDA DOW IE, JAN EDWARDS , GARARD GREEN, EVA HADDON, MALCOLM HAYES , HILDA KRISEMAN , NORMA RONALD , JOHN ROWE and GLADYS SPENCER Produced and directed by MARTIN ESSLIN

Contributors

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Peter Borenich
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Betty Hardy
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Julie Hallam
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Rosalind Adams
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Carole Boyd.
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Ginnette Clarke
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Michael Deacon
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Jan Edwards
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Malcolm Hayes
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Hilda Kriseman
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Norma Ronald
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John Rowe
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Gladys Spencer

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