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Saturday Drama: Mike Walker - Spitfire!

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Spitfire!

11/09/2010

Mike Walker - Spitfire!

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Drama, Mike Walker - Spitfire!

Moving drama by Mike Walker about the most famous British fighter aircraft in history.

4 Extra Debut. Moving drama about the famous fighter plane, with Battle of Britain veteran Geoffrey Wellum's recollections. Stars Samuel West.

A moving drama by Mike Walker about the most famous British fighter aircraft in history, first broadcast in September 2010 to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Framed by recollections from veteran 
Geoffrey Wellum, the drama features specially made recordings of RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Spitfires, including the only Spitfire still flying today to have fought in the Battle.

Inspired by real people and real events, the drama traces RJ Mitchell's design from creation to legend and the fortunes of two young pilots who join a frontline Spitfire squadron just as the Battle of Britain begins. 
It stars Samuel West, Samuel Barnett, Rory Kinnear and Ruth Wilson.

Many factors were important in the Battle, but it was the excellence of the Spitfire which most famously evened the odds in the fight against the Luftwaffe. Mike Walker's drama takes us close to this magnificent aircraft 
and gives us a feeling of what it was like to fly the legendary plane which became, in test pilot Jeffrey Quill's words, 'a symbol of defiance and victory'.

Technical Advisor: Patrick Bishop
Original music and sound design: David Chilton


Producer/Director: Amber Barnfather
A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4.

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