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Classic Serial: John Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath

Robert Sheehan

Michelle Fairley

Melody Grove

Steven McNicoll

Finn den Hertog

Nicola Jo Cully

Irene MacDougall

Jimmy Chisholm

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Laurie Brown

Kirsty Williams

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Classic Serial: John Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath: Episode 3

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The Grapes of Wrath

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John Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath

BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, John Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath, Episode 3

In a vigilante mob attack, Casy goes down and Tom hits back. Stars Robert Sheehan.

Tom's old friend Casy is leading a strike. In a vigilante mob attack, Casy goes down and Tom hits back. Stars Robert Sheehan.

By John Steinbeck
Dramatised by Donna Franceschild

A Pulitzer Prize winning novel about economic migration and the endurance of the human spirit set against the backdrop of America's Great Depression and Dust Bowl. 

Just as the Joads money and food run out, they find work on a peach farm. But Tom discovers they're breaking a strike led by their old friend Casy the Preacher. Tom and Casy are ambushed by a Deputy Sheriff and a mob of vigilantes and Casy is killed. In his fury, Tom hits back before running for his life. 

The Joad family's dream of a promised land is about to end. 

Director: Kirsty Williams.

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John Steinbeck's Pulitzer-winning novel set in 1930s USA, starring Robert Sheehan

John Steinbeck's Pulitzer-winning novel set in 1930s USA. The story of a family of migrants in search of the promised land. Dramatised by Donna Franceschild, starring Robert Sheehan and Zubin Varla

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