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Michelle Magorian - Back Home: Episode 2

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Episode 2

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Michelle Magorian - Back Home, Episode 2

The war is over but the battle is only just beginning for Rusty.

The war is over but Rusty is facing a battle, moving to Guildford to face her acid-tongued grandmother. Stars Mary Wimbush.

The war is over but Rusty is facing her own battle, moving to Guildford to face her acid-tongued grandmother. 

A wartime story by Michelle Magorian.

Starring Jessica Marshall-Gardiner, Emily Richard and Mary Wimbush.

Dramatised by Martin Jameson.

Rusty …… Jessica Marshall-Gardiner
Peggy …… Emily Richard
Beattie …… Mary Wimbush
Charlie …… George Allonby
Judith …… Kelly Bright
Susie …… Sasha Graff
Uncle Bruno …… Jonathan Keeble
Grandmother …… Pauline Letts
Miss Bembridge …… Richenda Carey
Miss Grace …… Natasha Pyne
Miss Smythe-Williams …… Tessa Worsley
Lance …… Richard Claxton
Cecily …… Eleanor Chidgzey
Filly …… Clemmi Burton-Hill

Other parts played by the cast. 

Director: David Hitchinson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1995.

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Drama: Classic & Period

Wartime evacuee Rusty returns to Britain, and meets a mother she doesn't recognise

Wartime evacuee Rusty returns to Britain with an American accent, and meets a mother she doesn't recognise. Stars Mary Wimbush

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