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Gunnar Cauthery

Kate Sobey

Patrick Keeler

Mark Meadows

Mary Ward-Lowery

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Amanda Whittington - The Dock, Nuremberg

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Dame Laura decides to bring in her huge canvas and paint the trial from the tiny press box

Dame Laura decides to bring her canvas into the tiny press box and paint the trial, in situ. Starring Diana Quick.

In January 1946, aged 68, renowned artist Dame Laura Knight takes a life-changing commission as war artist to the Nuremberg Trials.

Even though her press box at the court in Nuremberg is so tiny, Dame Laura decides to bring in her enormous canvas and paint the trial in situ. 

But the United States Civil Broadcasting Company has other ideas.

Written by Amanda Whittington - based on the diaries of Dame Laura Knight, whose painting 'The Dock' has become a classic image of the Nazi War Crime Trials.

Dame Laura Knight ...... Diana Quick
Peter Casson ...... Gunnar Cauthery
Penny Ayres ...... Kate Sobey
William Dean ...... Patrick Keeler
French Prosecutor ...... Mark Meadows

Director: Mary Ward-Lowery

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.

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