Original version

BBC Radio 4 FM

BBC Radio 4 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced BBC Home Service.

BBC Radio 4

Radio 4

Radio 4 (FM)

Drama on 4

Drama

Drama from BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra.

BBC Radio 4 LW

Marlene Madenge

Ben Ryan Davies

Shannon Flynn

Chris Jack

Verity-May Henry

Susan Roberts

Amanda Dalton

Drama on 4: Three Soldiers

Three Soldiers

31/03/2015

BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, Three Soldiers

Amanda Dalton's drama looks at three teenagers whose lives have been affected by war.

Amanda Dalton's drama looks at three 15-year-old teenagers whose lives have been affected by war, including a young woman who has been a child soldier in the Sudan.

Three Soldiers by Amanda Dalton is set in Manchester during spring 2015, and in South Sudan in 2013/14 during conflict.The action takes place over one weekend when three teenagers lives intersect. They have all been affected by war in one way or another . Ryan's place, where they meet is a scrap of scrubland just off a neglected path by the river.

Sound design Steve Brooke
Directed in Salford by Susan Roberts 


Angel , age 15 is a refugee who has escaped fighting in South Sudan where she was forced to become a child soldier. She takes us back to a vivid sound world of village life, war, music, the natural world, the journey...
Angel is traumatised and rarely shows emotion despite the terrible things she has been through. She is volatile and breaks down as she relives moments of her trauma. Beneath this is a warm, eager teenager who was once at ease.

Ryan Parr, 15, a solitary boy . He struggles at school but wants to do something with his life that has status; he's desperate to 'do well' and to belong to something bigger and hopes the army will give him this. He loves the outside world - the woods and his birds. He is building a bird hide. He has a natural authority in this place - and it's the one place where he knows more than Carly.

Carly also 15, is confused, unhappy, angry, off balance and struggling. She is bright but hates school and has a bad reputation. She is private with a storm of mixed emotions about her home situation. She's always felt lied to and never felt 'let in' or trusted with confidences - until Angel shares her story with her. .

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Drama on 4

Three Soldiers

Contributors

Genres

Brand

BBC Radio 4 FM

About BBC Radio 4