Warhorses of Letters

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Napoleon and Wellington's horses exchange love letters during the Napoleonic wars.

Napoleon and Wellington's horses exchange love letters against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. Comedy starring Stephen Fry, Daniel Rigby and Tamsin Greig.

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Stephen Fry

Daniel Rigby

Tamsin Greig

Gareth Edwards

Marie Phillips

Robbie Hudson

Warhorses of Letters: Series 3: Episode 3

Episode 3

Series 3

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The horses fall out over literary matters.

The horses fall out over literary matters. An epistolary equine love story starring Stephen Fry and Daniel Rigby. From January 2014.

Artistic differences threaten to destroy our heroes' love for each-other as both attempt to find fame as writers. 

But is the literary horse public ready for Marengo's experimental, Proustian and incredibly long exploration of what it is to be a horse? 

Or is there more of a market for Copenhagen's rather racier "Fifty Shades of Hay"?

Continuing the world's first epistolary equine love story.  

Napoleon's horse Marengo and Wellington's horse Copenhagen are deeply in love but sundered by history.  

Marengo ..... Stephen Fry
Copenhagen ..... Daniel Rigby
Narrator ..... Tamsin Greig

Written on their behalf by Marie Phillips and Robbie Hudson.

Producer:  Gareth Edwards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.

Warhorses of Letters: Series 3

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Napoleon and Wellington's horses exchange love letters against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. Comedy by Marie Phillips and Robert Hudson. Stars Stephen Fry and Daniel Rigby.

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