Warhorses of Letters

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Napoleon and Wellington's horses exchange love letters during the Napoleonic wars.

Napoleon and Wellington's horses exchange love letters against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. Comedy starring Stephen Fry, Daniel Rigby and Tamsin Greig.

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Stephen Fry

Daniel Rigby

Tamsin Greig

Gareth Edwards

Robbie Hudson

Marie Phillips

Warhorses of Letters: Series 2: Episode 2

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Can Marengo and Copenhagen's equine love overcome conflicting wedding plans?

Can Marengo and Copenhagen's equine love overcome conflicting wedding plans? Stars Stephen Fry. From December 2012.

The world's greatest epistolary equine love story. 

The Duke of Wellington's horse Copenhagen's romance with Marengo (Napoleon's horse) has led to a proposal of marriage. 

But planning a wedding is fraught with arguments for our gay horses...church or wood? 

Should people be invited or just horses? 

And which of them is the groom?

Marengo ..... Stephen Fry 
Copenhagen ..... Daniel Rigby 
Narrator ..... Tamsin Greig

Written on their behalf by Marie Phillips and Robbie Hudson.  

Producer: Gareth Edwards.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2012.

Warhorses of Letters: Series 2

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Napoleon and Wellington's horses exchange love letters against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. Starring Stephen Fry and Daniel Rigby.

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