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The Biggest Secret

A BBC Radio 4 Drama

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The Biggest Secret

By: Mike Walker
Narrated by: Benedict Cumberbatch, Juliet Stevenson, Claudia Harrison, 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.

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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

©2019 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2019 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd Literary Fiction World War II

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War terrible war

This is a great play with a brilliant cast very sad ......still war is sad. Makes you realise our lives are so much easier so much better. Because of these brave men.

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The last secret

Secrets, like strands of a rope, become intertwined and played-out. The backdrop of London on the eve of the Normandy landings in 1944, has a reality and finality to the confessed personal secrets that have been revealed by the players. Very convincing actors and characters.

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