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Saturday Drama: Crossing the Dark Sea

Drama: War & Disaster

Crossing the Dark Sea

05/06/2004

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Drama, Crossing the Dark Sea

A British soldier waits for dawn and the start of the D-Day landings.

4 Extra Debut. A British soldier waits for dawn and the start of the D-Day landings. Stars Christopher Eccleston and Katherine Jenkins. From June 2004.

An eyewitness the night before the D-Day landings described the sea as black with boats. The voice of this programme is that of an ordinary soldier on one of those boats. Christopher Eccleston plays Alec, a young British soldier destined for France and for war. Katherine Jenkins (mezzo) sings the voice of his sweetheart, Sian, in a poetic response to the day's events, written by Michael Symmons Roberts and composer James Whitbourn. 

Producer: Philip Billson.

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