The Cazalets: The Light Years

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Elizabeth Jane Howard - The Cazalets

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Elizabeth Jane Howard's saga follows the lives and loves of the Cazalet family

Elizabeth Jane Howard's saga follows the lives and loves of three generations of the Cazalet family over ten years

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Penelope Wilton

Raymond Coulthard

Georgia Groome

Flora Spencer-Longhurst

Dominic Mafham

Zoe Tapper

Kasper Hilton-Hille

Sarah Daniels

Elizabeth Jane Howard - The Cazalets: The Light Years: 8. War

8. War

The Light Years

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Polly’s worried about the war, but Neville thinks gas masks may have some advantages.

Polly’s desperately worried about the war, but Neville thinks gas masks may have some advantages. Stars Flora Spencer-Longhurst.

Everyone is extremely worried about the war, particularly Polly.

But Neville can see how gas masks might protect him from the unwelcome approaches of relatives wanting to be kissed.

The Light Years tells the story of the extended Cazalet family.

Set in the lead up to the outbreak of the Second World War, it appears that the Cazalets have it all.

But we soon discover that infidelity, indiscretions, jealousies and misplaced loyalties lurk just beneath the surface.

Written by Elizabeth Jane Howard.

Dramatised by Sarah Daniels.

Narrator ..... . Penelope Wilton
Rupert ...... Raymond Coulthard
Clary ...... Georgia Groome
Polly ...... Flora Spencer-Longhurst
Hugh ...... Dominic Mafham
Sybil ...... Sarah-Jane Holm
Zoe ...... Zoe Tapper
Neville ...... Kasper Hilton-Hille

Producers & Directors: Sally Avens & Marion Nancarrow

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2013.

Elizabeth Jane Howard - The Cazalets: The Light Years

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Elizabeth Jane Howard's family saga set in the run up to the Second World War.

Elizabeth Jane Howard's family saga set in the run up to the Second World War, Dramatised by Sarah Daniels

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