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A family miss boarding the Mayflower from Southampton.

A family miss the boat from Southampton. They can board in Plymouth, but the problems don’t end there. Stars Trystan Gravelle.

Fleeing religious persecution, Sarah Hargreaves and her family have risked everything to escape across the ocean.

Bbut when they get to Southampton, the Mayflower has already sailed. 

Finally they manage to get on board at Plymouth, and though Matthew Hargreaves believes it is God's will that has saved them, Sarah knows it is her own wily determination. That and the help of a kind sailor called Saul. 

Safely aboard ship their adventure really begins. 

But conditions are cramped, and their daughter Elizabeth is very sick. 

Adrian Bean's gripping story about one family's journey into the unknown.

Made to mark the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower.

Sarah Hargreaves ...... Louise Brealey
Matthew Hargreaves ...... Trystan Gravelle
Ben ...... Joel MacCormack
Elizabeth ...... Megan McInerney
Saul Tregarron ...... Matthew Gravelle
Captain Jones ...... John Cording

Director: John Norton 

A BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in January 2020.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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Gripping series about one family's journey into the unknown aboard the Mayflower.

Series marking the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. A gripping story about one family's journey into the unknown.

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