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David Gooderson - Walk or Die

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In 1942, thousands trekked from Burma into India. Drama based on real accounts.

4 Extra Debut. As the Japanese bombed airfields in 1942, people made a risky journey on foot. Gripping true life drama stars Michael Kitchen.

Burma 1942. The Japanese were only 20 miles away. 

Thousands tried to escape through the jungle, across deep rivers and over massive mountains to reach India - risking life and limb with every step of the way. 

David Gooderson's play draws upon the actual experience of survivors, to tell the story of the 250 mile trek.

Major Crowther RAMC .... Michael Kitchen
Captain Banks .... Mark Straker
Brigadier Wyatt .... David King
Captain Lewis .... Trevor Cooper
Corporal Wills .... Nicholas Murchie
Sergeant Bilson .... David Goodland
Colonel Dass .... Renu Setna
Lieutenant Hunter .... Matthew Morgan
Clive Popplewell .... Paul Downing
Sunny .... Bhasker
Neil West .... David Learner
lan McHugh .... Gordon Reid
Reverend Windrush .... Eric Allan
Private Jones .... Keith Drinkel
Sister .... Kate Binchy
Colonel from GHQ .... Terence Edmond
Staff Officer .... Jonathan Adams
RAF Mechanic .... Jonathan Tafler
Young English Woman .... Alison Reid
Indian Woman .... Melinda Walker
Voice of the BBC  .... Brian Martin

Director Richard Wortley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1992

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