Tommies (radio drama)
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Ident card used for the first episode of Tommies. | |
| Genre | Drama |
|---|---|
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | BBC Radio 4 |
| Syndicates | BBC Radio 4 Extra |
| Starring |
Lee Ross Pippa Nixon |
| Creator(s) | Jonathan Ruffle |
| Writer(s) | Michael Chaplin |
| Director(s) | David Hunter |
| Producer(s) |
David Hunter Jonquil Panting Jonathan Ruffle |
| Narrated by | Indira Varma |
| Air dates | since 7 October 2014 |
| No. of series | 3 (as of November 2015) |
| No. of episodes | 15 (as of November 2015) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Opening theme | composed by Nina Perry [1] |
| Website | Official website |
Tommies is a British radio drama series, broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It is part of the BBC's World War I centenary season and planned to be broadcast over four years,[2] the same length of time as the war itself. Based on actual unit war diaries, it tells the story of a one day in the conflict exactly 100 years ago to the day.
Cast and characters
- Lee Ross - Sergeant Mickey Bliss, of the Signals Section, Lahore Division, British Indian Army
- Danny Rahim - Ahmadullah Khan, a Havildar in the Signals Section, Lahore Division, British Indian Army.
- Rudi Dharmalingam - Pavan Jodha, a Jemadar in the Signals Section, Lahore Division, British Indian Army.
- Pippa Nixon - Celestine de Tullio, a doctor.
- Patrick Kennedy - Robert de Tullio, banker and husband of Celestine.
- Alex Wyndham - Lieutenant Maberley Dunster, of B Squadron, 15th King's Hussars, British Army.
- Tony Pitts - Sergeant Walter Oddy, of the Signals Section, 2nd Division, British Expeditionary Force.
- Elaine Claxton - Sister Marjorie Blaikeley, based in a Boulogne military hospital.
- Clive Hayward - Major Hector Monkhouse, of the 15th Bengal Lancers, British Indian Army.
References
- ↑ "Tommies - BBC Radio Drama". OpenAudio. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
Nina Perry has composed the signature tune and incidental music for BBC Radio 4 Drama serial 'Tommies’ - following over, the space of four years, the lives of those on and behind the battlefront of World War One
- ↑ Dowell, Ben (20 June 2012). "BBC Radio 4 plans first world war drama to be broadcast over four years". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 1 June 2015.
The drama, which has the working title Tommies and is believed to be the UK's biggest ever one-off radio drama commission, will be scripted by a writing team led by Jonathan Ruffle and will tell the story of signals corps soldiers' experiences during the war in real time.
External links
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