Vive la Republique

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Nicholas Boulton

Rory Fleck Byrne

Barbara Flynn

Steven Hartley

Philip Jackson

Ronald Pickup

Daniel Weyman

Mike Walker

David Morley

Mike Walker - Vive la Republique

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BBC Radio 4 - Mike Walker - Vive la Republique

The true story of how General de Gaulle disappeared at the height of 1968's May uprising.

4 Extra Debut. General de Gaulle's secret flight from Paris during the 1986 riots, uncovering the French government's panic. Stars Ronald Pickup.

The true story behind General Charles de Gaulle's secret flight from France at the height of the civil unrest of 1968. 

His helicopter flew across a Paris of smoking barricades and running battles in the streets. Ten million people were on strike – two-thirds of the workforce.

Panic unfolds at the centre of the government and the fractured relationship between desperate de Gaulle and his Prime Minister Georges Pompidou.

Starring Ronald Pickup as de Gaulle, Barbara Flynn as Yvonne de Gaulle and Philip Jackson as Georges Pompidou. 

Based on first-hand testimony, Mike Walker's drama paints a vivid picture of France teetering on the brink of a second revolution. 

Joxe/ Massu ...... Nicholas Boulton
Daniel Cohn-Bendit ...... Rory Fleck-Byrne
Yvonne de Gaulle ..... Barbara Flynn
'Michel' ...... Steven Hartley 
Georges Pompidou ..... Philip Jackson 
General de Gaulle ...... Ronald Pickup 
Fouchet/ De Boissieu ...... Daniel Weyman 

Producer: David Morley

A Perfectly Normal production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast on April 2018.

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