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Diana Quick

Gunnar Cauthery

Patrick Keeler

Mary Ward-Lowery

Amanda Whittington

Amanda Whittington - The Dock, Nuremberg: Episode 5

Writing the Century: The Dock, Nuremberg

Episode 5

Amanda Whittington - The Dock, Nuremberg

BBC Radio 4 - Amanda Whittington - The Dock, Nuremberg, Episode 5

Dame Laura's painting of the trial is almost finished.

When Dame Laura was commissioned as war artist, the British government didn’t expect this 'crazy idea'. 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.

In a break from painting the Trial, Dame Laura explores the city of Nuremberg. 

She meets citizens who have lost everything in the bombing and visits the stadium where Hitler addressed 500,000 people, now home to a baseball team.

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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