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)

Tommies

Drama

Drama: Historical

Drama series following the lives of those on and behind the battlefront of World War I.

Drama series following the lives of those on and behind the battlefront of World War I. Created by Jonathan Ruffle.

BBC Radio 4 Extra

BBC Radio 4 LW

Lee Ross

Pippa Nixon

Elaine Claxton

Indira Varma

Clive Hayward

Scott Arthur

Tony Pitts

Mark Edel-Hunt

David Cann

David Hunter

Jonquil Panting

Jonathan Ruffle

Nick Warburton

Tommies: 14 October 1914

14/10/2014

14 October 1914

BBC Radio 4 - Tommies, 14 October 1914

Wounded in action, Walter Oddy is among thousands arriving at the hospitals in Boulogne.

Walter Oddy, wounded in action, is among thousands arriving today at the hospitals in Boulogne. Among so many casualties - will there be time to save one life?

by Nick Warburton.

Series created by Jonathan Ruffle.

Meticulously based on unit war diaries and eye-witness accounts, each episode of TOMMIES traces one real day at war, exactly 100 years ago. 

Through it all, we follow the fortunes of Mickey Bliss and his fellow signallers, from the Lahore Division of the British Indian Army. They are the cogs in an immense machine, one which connects situations across the whole theatre of the war, over four long years. 

Lee Ross, Pippa Nixon and Indira Varma star in this story, set on October 14th, 1914. Walter Oddy, wounded in action, is among thousands arriving today at the hospitals in Boulogne. Among so many casualties - will there be time to save one life?

Producers: David Hunter, Jonquil Panting, Jonathan Ruffle
Director: Jonquil Panting.

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

Tommies

14 October 1914

Contributors

Genres

Brand

BBC Radio 4 FM

About BBC Radio 4