For Whom the Bell Tolls

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Colin Stinton

Patrick Kennedy

Ralph Ineson

Melanie Kilburn

Leah Brotherhead

Michael Bertenshaw

Paul Heath

Shaun Mason

Ian Conningham

David Acton

Arthur Hughes

Monty d'Inverno

Ed Hime

Ernest Hemingway

Sasha Yevtushenko

Ernest Hemingway - For Whom the Bell Tolls: 1. Enemy

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A young American prepares to blow up a bridge during the Spanish Civil War.

A young American prepares to blow up a vital bridge as part of an offensive during the Spanish Civil War. Stars Patrick Kennedy.

High in the pine forests of the Spanish Sierra, a young American volunteer prepares to blow up a vital bridge as part of a Republican offensive during the Spanish Civil War. There, in the mountains and surrounded by the enemy, he camps with a band of guerrillas tasked with helping him. 

But he soon makes a dangerous enemy within the camp and, despite his better judgement, is drawn to Maria, a young woman who has escaped Franco's rebels.

Starring Patrick Kennedy and Melanie Kilburn

Ernest Hemingway's novel, set during the Spanish Civil War.

Dramatised in two parts by Ed Hime.  

Narrator . . . . . Colin Stinton
Robert Jordan . . . . . Patrick Kennedy
Pilar . . . . . Melanie Kilburn
Pablo . . . . . Ralph Ineson
Maria . . . . . Leah Brotherhead
Anselmo . . . . . Michael Bertenshaw
Agustin . . . . . Paul Heath
Rafael . . . . . Shaun Mason
El Sordo . . . . . Ian Conningham
Primitivo . . . . . David Acton
Andres . . . . . Arthur Hughes
Fernando . . . . . Monty D'Inverno

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2014.

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Ed Hime adapts Ernest Hemingway's novel, set during the Spanish Civil War.

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