The Nutcracker Christmas

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BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Nutcracker Christmas

Grandpa Igor tries to bring the Nutcracker story alive at home for Natalia.

4 Extra Debut. Natalia can't go to the Bolshoi Ballet,  but Grandpa Igor tries to bring the Nutcracker story alive at home. Stars Bernard Hepton.

It's Christmas Eve in Moscow and Natalia is in trouble for cutting characters out of her picture books.  Her family go to the Bolshoi Ballet and she must stay behind.

But left alone with Grandpa Igor, Natalia finds that the story of the Nutcracker can be brought to life at home, with a little help from some abandoned characters and her own imagination.

Starring With Bernard Hepton and Stella Gonet. 

Festive drama written by Nicholas McInerny. 

Igor .... Bernard Hepton
Anna .... Stella Gonet
Natalia .... Siriol Jenkins
Young Igor .... Ashley Bird
Clara .... Deborah Berlin
Boris .... Patrick Brennan
Dmitri .... Richard Pearce
Victoria .... Melanie Walters
Grigori .... Richard Tate
Drosselmeyer .... Ivor Roberts
Mouse King .... David Bannerman

Tchaikovsky's music realised by Matthew Bailey and Stewart Lucas.

Director: Alison Hindell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1995.

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