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15 Minute Drama

The Righteous Sisters

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

A love of opera leads two remarkable sisters into a life of danger, in Jane Purcell's true-life tale of the remarkable Cook sisters' wartime adventures. Show more

Contributors

Ida Cook ('Mary Burchell'):
Liza Sadovy
Louise Cook:
Susie Riddell
Florence Taft:
Carolyn Pickles
Clemens Krauss:
Tom Frederic
Ezio Pinza:
Ben Crowe
Journalist:
Eleanor Crooks

15 Minute Drama

The Righteous Sisters

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Plain Ida Cook becomes novelist Mary Burchell, and a trip to Salzburg opens the sisters' eyes. Show more

Contributors

Ida Cook ('Mary Burchell'):
Liza Sadovy
Louise Cook:
Susie Riddell
Mitia Mayer-Lismann:
Carolyn Pickles
Clemens Krauss:
Tom Frederic
Charles Boon:
James Lailey
Viorica Ursuleac:
Sarah Thom
Elsie Unwin:
Eleanor Crooks
Opera-goer:
Stephanie Racine

15 Minute Drama

The Righteous Sisters

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

August 1939. Days before the borders close, Ida and Louise struggle to rescue two young men. Show more

Contributors

Ida Cook ('Mary Burchell'):
Liza Sadovy
Louise Cook:
Susie Riddell
Walter Stiefel:
Mark Edel-Hunt
Elsie Unwin:
Eleanor Crooks

15 Minute Drama

The Righteous Sisters

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Ida and Louise travel to Berlin as rescuers but find themselves leaving as smugglers. Show more

Contributors

Ida Cook ('Mary Burchell'):
Liza Sadovy
Louise Cook:
Susie Riddell
Clemens Krauss:
Tom Frederic
Ismay Brown:
Katherine Pearce
Prison Official:
James Lailey
Border Guard:
Mark Edel-Hunt

15 Minute Drama

The Righteous Sisters

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

1938. A secret weekend in Frankfurt becomes a race against time. Show more

Contributors

Ida Cook ('Mary Burchell'):
Liza Sadovy
Louise Cook:
Susie Riddell
Anna von Ribbentrop:
Audrey Schoellhammer
Jacques Heliczer:
Ben Crowe
Frau Malin:
Sarah Thom