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Greta Scacchi

Juliet Aubrey

Sophie Melville

Alex Tregear

Adam Thomas Wright

Cesare Taurasi

Jessica Turner

David Hounslow

David Acton

Felix Auer

Amelia Lowdell

Chris Pavlo

Sam Dale

Virginia Baily

Miranda Emmerson

Emma Harding

15 Minute Drama: Early One Morning: Episode 5

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Episode 5

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, Early One Morning, Episode 5

Virginia Baily's powerful new novel set in Rome about a woman forced to confront her past

Chiara prepares to host Welsh teen, Maria, who claims to be Daniele's daughter. Stars Sophie Melville and Adam Thomas Wright.

Italy 1943. Sisters Chiara and Cecilia are now installed in their grandmother's farmhouse in the mountains, where they shelter passing army deserters and Daniele, the small Jewish boy Chiara saved from the Nazis' clearance of the Rome ghetto.
 
Thirty years later, in 1973, Chiara has lost touch with her troubled, junkie adoptive son, but is now preparing for a visit from Maria, the Welsh teenager who claims to be Daniele's daughter.
 
Greta Scacchi, Juliet Aubrey and Sophie Melville star in Virginia Baily's powerful novel of love, loss and learning to be a mother. 

Narrator.....Greta Scacchi
Chiara.....Juliet Aubrey
Maria.....Sophie Melville
Cecilia.....Alex Tregear
Daniele.....Adam Thomas Wright
Gennaro/ Adult Daniele.....Cesare Taurasi
Simone/ Nonna.....Jessica Turner
Antonio.....David Hounslow
Gabriele.....David Acton
Tommaso/ Nazi officer/ Brian.....Felix Auer
Edna.....Amelia Lowdell
Barry/ Goffredo.....Chris Pavlo
Gianni.....Sam Dale

Dramatised by Miranda Emmerson. 

Director: Emma Harding

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2015.

15 Minute Drama: Early One Morning

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Virginia Bailey's novel of love and loss moves between Nazi-occupied Rome and 1973

Virginia Bailey's powerful novel of love and loss, which moves between Nazi-occupied Rome and 1973. Adapted by Miranda Emmerson. Starring Greta Scacchi and Juliet Aubrey

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