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15 Minute Drama: Jane Gardam - The Man in the Wooden Hat

15 Minute Drama: Jane Gardam - The Man in the Wooden Hat: Episode 2

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The Man in the Wooden Hat

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Jane Gardam - The Man in the Wooden Hat

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, Jane Gardam - The Man in the Wooden Hat, Episode 2

News that a plane carrying children to England has crashed provokes surprising reactions.

News that a plane carrying schoolchildren to England has crashed over the Indian ocean provokes surprising reactions. Stars Olivia Williams and Lloyd Owen.

Dramatisation by Pete Atkin of the new novel by Jane Gardam. 

News that a plane carrying schoolchildren to England has crashed over the Indian Ocean provokes surprising reactions.

Eddie ...... Michael York         
Betty ...... Olivia Williams        
Terry ...... Lloyd Owen         
Amy ...... Moira Quirk        
Delilah ...... Carolyn Seymour        
Albert Ross ...... Jon David Yu 
Young Harry ...... Oliver Dillon
Expat ...... Kenneth Danziger 
Older Harry ...... Matthew Wolf
Narrator ...... Martin Jarvis

Directed by Rosalind Ayres and Martin Jarvis

A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4.

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Dramatisation by Pete Atkin of the new novel by Jane Gardam

By Jane Gardam. Barrister Edward Feathers and his wife Elizabeth's lives are intertwined with that of his hated rival, Terry Veneering, from late-1940s Hong Kong to present-day Dorset

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