The Citadel

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AJ Cronin's groundbreaking novel about life before the NHS, adapted by Christopher Reason.

AJ Cronin's groundbreaking novel about medical life before the NHS, dramatised by Christopher Reason.

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Richard Fleeshman

Julian Lewis Jones

Sue Jenkins

Philip Fox

Seamus O'Neill

Simon Ludders

Kath Weare

Gary Brown

Pauline Harris

Christopher Reason

The Citadel: Series 1: Episode 2

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Series 1

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Manson and Denny deal with an outbreak of typhoid. Denny is convinced he knows the cause.

There’s a typhoid outbreak. Denny thinks he knows the cause of it and is determined to do something. Stars Richard Fleeshman.

Manson and Denny deal with an outbreak of typhoid in the town. 

Denny is convinced he knows the cause of it and is determined to do something about it.

Set in the mid-1920s and based on AJ Cronin's ground breaking novel.  

Andrew Manson, a newly trained doctor, is settling into Drineffy - a South Wales mining town.

Manson …. Richard Fleeshman
Denny …. Julian Lewis Jones
Blodwyn .… Sue Jenkins
Branwell .... Philip Fox
Dr Page / Dr Griffiths …. Seamus O'Neill
Miner / Mr Williams …. Simon Ludders
Mrs Pryce / Patient .… Kath Weare

Dramatised by Christopher Reason.

Director: Gary Brown

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2017.

The Citadel: Series 1

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AJ Cronin's groundbreaking novel about life before the NHS, dramatised by Christopher Reason.

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