The Biggest Secret: A BBC Radio 4 Drama

Mike Walker

dec 2019. · BBC Digital Audio · Narator: Benedict Cumberbatch, Juliet Stevenson, Claudia Harrison i Full Cast

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In the early hours of 5 June 1944, Captain Rob Collins, who is languishing in hospital, receives a call that will take him on a journey through England that will change his life.

Mike Walker's play is an epic journey across England poised on the edge of a historical moment: D-Day. It is set on June 5th, the day before the invasion that will change the course of history - but an invasion only a very few know is about happen...

Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Juliet Stevenson, and Claudia Harrison.

Credits
Narrator...Juliet Stevenson
Capt Collins...Benedict Cumberbatch
Cpl Cunningham...Claudia Harrison
Jack Harris...Danny Webb
Gloria Harris...Kaye Wragge
Ray Harris...Joseph Tremain
Tim...Ben Tibber
Gen Eisenhower...Colin Stinton
Flt Lt Paul Parker...Bertie Carvel
Lilly...Emily Chennery
Eddie...Ricci Harnett
Lancaster Skipper...Jamie Glover
Lancaster Crew...Carl Prekopp/Simon Nehan
Warders...Chris MacDonnell/John Rowe
Rosie...Alice Hart
Sea Captain...David Leonard
1st Lieutenant RN...Andrew Mackintosh
G.I....John Guerrasio
Monty...Philip Fox
Nursing Sister...Joanna McCallum

Directed by Jeremy Howe
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 5 June 2004

O autoru

Mike Walker is an award-winning dramatist, documentary writer and author. He has adapted many classic novels for BBC Radio 4, including War and Peace, On the Beach and A Tale of Two Cities, which won him the Bronze Sony Award for Best Drama in 2012. Among his original radio plays are Alpha - winner of the Sony Drama Award (World Service); its companion play Omega; Landfall, The Product and the Plantagenet series of historical dramas. He has also written several novels, including one for young adults, Bad Company. Juliet Stevenson is one of the most respected actors of her generation. Having studied at RADA, she has spent much of her stage career with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. Her many films include Truly, Madly, Deeply (for which she won The Evening Standard Film award for Best Actress), Emma, Nicholas Nickleby, Mona Lisa Smile and Bend It Like Beckham.She was awarded the CBE in 1999.