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Christopher Eccleston

Pippa Nixon

Tim Pigott-Smith

Kim Wall

Sam Alexander

Susie Riddell

Christine Absalom

Don Gilet

Joe Sims

Joshua Swinney

Jeremy Mortimer

Jonathan Holloway

George Orwell - Nineteen Eighty-Four: Episode 1

Episode 1

George Orwell - Nineteen Eighty-Four

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Ministry of Truth employee Winston Smith finds love. But Big Brother is watching.

Big Brother is on every poster. Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth. Then he finds love. Stars Christopher Eccleston. 

Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth. 

Sick and separated from his wife, he lives alone in a one-room flat in Victory Mansions in London, chief city of Airstrip One. 

Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal. 

When Winston finds love, he discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening, and awakens to new possibilities... 

George Orwell's cautionary dystopian tale was first published in 1949, becoming one of the 20th century's most influential novels.  

Starring Christopher Eccleston and Pippa Nixon.     

Dramatised in two parts by Jonathan Holloway.

Winston Smith...Christopher Eccleston 
Julia...Pippa Nixon 
O'Brien...Tim Pigott-Smith 
Parsons...Kim Wall 
Charrington ...Robert Blythe 
Syme ...Sam Alexander 
Prostitute...Susie Riddell 

With Christine Absalom, Don Gilet, Joe Sims and Joshua Swinney 

Director: Jeremy Mortimer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2013.

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