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Classic Serial: John Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath

Robert Sheehan

Michelle Fairley

Zubin Varla

Gavin Mitchell

Steven McNicoll

Finn den Hertog

Melody Grove

Nicola Jo Cully

Jimmy Chisholm

Laurie Brown

Nick Underwood

Kirsty Williams

Donna Franceschild

Classic Serial: John Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath: Episode 2

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John Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath

BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, John Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath, Episode 2

Searching for work in California, the Joads learn thousands like them have also migrated.

Searching for work in 1930s California, the Joads learn thousands like them have also migrated west. Stars Michelle Fairley.

By John Steinbeck
Dramatised by Donna Franceschild

A Pulitzer Prize winning novel about economic migration and the endurance of the human spirit set against the backdrop of America's Great Depression and Dust Bowl.

The Joads have travelled from Oklahoma to California in search of work, only to discover thousands like them have also been on the move. Following a violent altercation with some locals, they head back on the road with their dream of a promised land temporarily in tatters.

Director: Kirsty Williams.

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John Steinbeck's Pulitzer-winning novel set in 1930s USA, starring Robert Sheehan

John Steinbeck's Pulitzer-winning novel set in 1930s USA. The story of a family of migrants in search of the promised land. Dramatised by Donna Franceschild, starring Robert Sheehan and Zubin Varla

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