Dead Girls Tell No Tales

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Joanna Toye

Sean O'Connor

Jon Culshaw

Pam Ferris

Lex Shrapnel

Eleanor Tomlinson

Georgie Fuller

Geoffrey Streatfield

Sally Bretton

Simon Russell Beale

John Hopkins

Claudie Blakley

David Reed

Miles Jupp

Zebedee Soanes

Paddy O'Connell

Ysanne Churchman

David Hounslow

Sam Dale

Chris Pavlo

Jessica Turner

Alex Tregear

Drama on 4: Dead Girls Tell No Tales

Drama: Dead Girls Tell No Tales

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The backstage story to one of broadcasting's historic moments. With Simon Russell Beale.

4 Extra Debut. The backstage story of ITV’s launch night when thousands of listeners to The Archers were distraught. Stars Eleanor Tomlinson.

It's media folklore that the death of BBC soap opera heroine Grace Archer was a ploy to thwart the launch night of ITV on 22 September 1955. 

But for the first time, this drama delves deep into The Archers' archives to reveal what really inspired 20 million people to tune in and left tens of thousands of listeners distraught.

Starring Simon Russell Beale, Eleanor Tomlinson and Ysanne Churchman.
 
Joanna Toye's drama explores the backstage story to a watershed moment in the history of broadcasting which became one of the defining cultural events of the 1950s.

Dan Archer/Harry Oakes ..... Jon Culshaw
Doris Archer/Gwen Berryman ..... Pam Ferris
Phil Archer/Norman Painting ..... Lex Shrapnel
Grace Archer/Ysanne Churchman ..... Eleanor Tomlinson
Christine Archer/Lesley Saweard ..... Georgie Fuller
John Tregorran /Basil Jones ..... Geoffrey Streatfeild
Carol Grey/Anne Cullen ..... Sally Bretton
Godfrey Baseley ..... Simon Russell Beale
Tony Shryane ..... John Hopkins
Valerie Hodgetts ..... Claudie Blakley
Geoffrey Webb ..... David Reed
Edward J Mason ..... Miles Jupp
BBC Announcer ..... Zeb Soanes
TV Interviewer ..... Paddy O'Connell
Ysanne Churchman ..... Herself

OTHER ROLES:
David Hounslow, Sam Dale, Chris Pavlo, Jessica Turner, Alex Tregear.

Director ..... Sean O'Connor

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2015.

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