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Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Wartime drama. A housewife copes with an embittered and alcoholic husband while she and the rest of her village prepare for a visit by Eleanor Roosevelt.

Contributors

Mrs Ellis:
Flora Robson
Margaret Ellis:
Sheila Sim
John Ellis:
Eric Portman
Lady Mott:
Isabel Jeans
Bob Tyndale:
Walter Fitzgerald
Geoffrey Winthrop:
Philip Friend
Mrs Nora Mumford:
Marjorie Rhodes
Mrs Bridget Walsh:
Maire O'Neill
Pub customer:
Kathleen Harrison
Scottish officer in pub:
John Laurie
Director:
Lance Comfort