Aumonier's World

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Aumonier's World: 2. A Source of Irritation

2. A Source of Irritation

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Why is Sam's usual day farming turnips so rudely interrupted?

Why is Suffolk farm-hand Sam snatched from his turnips and relocated to the trenches of the First World War? Stars Colin Pinney.

Grumpy Sam Gates wants to get on with looking after his turnips in a Suffolk field, but before he knows what's happening, he has been swept off to be a major player in the First World War.

Stacy Aumonier's 1921 short story dramatised by Martin Worth

Aumonier .... John Baddeley
Sam .... Colin Pinney
Aggie .... Oona Beeson
Schutz .... Dominic Letts
Haussman .... James Taylor
Jennings .... Michael Onslow
Baines .... David Thorpe
Bradshaw .... Barry J Gordon

Director: Matthew Walters


First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1993

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