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The Broken Word

Adam Fould adapts his poem about a white family caught up in the Mau Mau time in 1950s Kenya. Tom comes home for his last holiday before university and acquires a taste for blood.

Adam Fould adapts his own poem about a white family caught up in the Mau Mau time in 1950s Kenya. Tom comes home for his last holiday before university and is recruited by the English colonial vigilantes and finds himself acquiring an unexpected taste for blood. Narrated by Anton Lesser with Gunnar Cauthery, Hattie Morahan, Gemma Lawrence, Pippa Haywood, Kenneth Cranham, David Collins, John Mackay, David Birrell, Mark Meadows, Ivanno Jeremiah and Fiston Barek. Music and Sound Design by Jon Nicholls. Producer: Tim Dee.

43 minutes

Last on

Fri 20 Sep 2013 21:00

Credits

Role Contributor
Narrator Anton Lesser
Actor Gunnar Cauthery
Actor Hattie Morahan
Actor Gemma Lawrence
Actor Pippa Haywood
Actor Kenneth Cranham
Actor David Collins
Actor John MacKay
Actor David Birrell
Actor Mark Meadows
Actor Ivanno Jeremiah
Actor Fiston Barek
Producer Tim Dee
Writer Adam Fould

Broadcast

  • Fri 20 Sep 2013 21:00