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Episode 8: No Forwarding Address

No Forwarding Address

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Suffering horrific facial injuries, Riley refuses to let anyone from his old life see him.

Suffering horrific facial injuries, Riley refuses to allow anyone from his old life to see him. He tells Nadine that he has met someone else and will not be returning to her.

The First World War brought changes previously unimaginable to every aspect of life. Louisa Young's story explores the impact on the lives of women, on the challenge to the Edwardian class structure and on assumptions about patriotism and duty.

Episode 8: No forwarding address

November 1917. Riley Purefoy, suffering horrific facial injuries, is in hospital undergoing reconstructive surgery and refusing to allow anyone from his old life to see him. He has told Nadine that his injuries are not serious but that he has met someone else and will not be returning to Nadine after the war.

Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths
Producer Christine Hall.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

By Louisa Young. Story of love and trauma set in World War I. Read by Olivia Colman

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