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Tommies (radio drama)

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Genre
  
Drama

Country
  
United Kingdom

Home station
  
BBC Radio 4

Running time
  
45 minutes

Language(s)
  
English

Syndicates
  
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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, 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 (radio drama) Wikipedia
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