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Private Peaceful
- Author
- Michael Morpurgo
- Publisher
- BBC Audio
- Publish Date
- 17 July 2014
- Run Time
- 1 hour 27 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of the powerful novel set in the First World War, from the author of War Horse.
This is the story of Thomas ‘Tommo’ Peaceful, a young soldier who finds himself in Belgium, in the trenches of the First World War, with his brother Charlie. It is also the story of Tommo’s life, growing up in Devon with his brothers, and of his love for Molly, the beautiful girl he met on his first day at school.
As the story unfolds, from past to present, so approaches the hour when Tommo and Charlie will be separated for ever. The horrors of the First World War, and the injustice meted out to the soldiers who fought in it, are movingly described.
Recorded on location Iddesleigh, the Devon village where the book is set, this radio dramatisation features among its cast Paul Chequer, Nicholas Lyndhurst and author Michael Morpurgo himself.
It also features; Ted Allpress, Harvey Allpress, Amy Reade, Daniel Houghton, Paul Chequer, Mark Quartley, Annette Chown, Ben Allen, Alison Reid, Nick Brimble, Christopher Bianchi, Peter Ellis, Jonathan Keeble, Terence Mann, Simon Reade and Susan Roberts.
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Details
- Author
- Michael Morpurgo
- Narrator
- Full Cast, Michael Morpurgo, Paul Chequer
- Duration
- 1 hour 27 minutes
- Release Date
- 17 July 2014
- ISBN
- 9781910281154
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- BBC Audio
- Genre
- Historical fiction, War, combat and military adventure fiction, Historical adventure fiction, Radio plays, scripts and performances
Synopsis
A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of the powerful novel set in the First World War, from the author of War Horse.This is the story of Thomas ‘Tommo’ Peaceful, a young soldier who finds himself in Belgium, in the trenches of the First World War, with his brother Charlie. It is also the story of Tommo’s life, growing up in Devon with his brothers, and of his love for Molly, the beautiful girl he met on his first day at school.As the story unfolds, from past to present, so approaches the hour when Tommo and Charlie will be separated for ever. The horrors of the First World War, and the injustice meted out to the soldiers who fought in it, are movingly described.Recorded on location Iddesleigh, the Devon village where the book is set, this radio dramatisation features among its cast Paul Chequer, Nicholas Lyndhurst and author Michael Morpurgo himself.It also features; Ted Allpress, Harvey Allpress, Amy Reade, Daniel Houghton, Paul Chequer, Mark Quartley, Annette Chown, Ben Allen, Alison Reid, Nick Brimble, Christopher Bianchi, Peter Ellis, Jonathan Keeble, Terence Mann, Simon Reade and Susan Roberts.
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