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The Saturday Play Road to Durham (2009) BBC Radio (MP3 192kbps) dearleuk

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Saturday Play: Road to Durham 18-04-2009

Douglas Livingstone's play about Bevin Boys, the young men who were sent down the mines instead of joining the armed forces in the Second World War. Two 80-year-old former Bevin Boys, who have not seen each other for 63 years, decide to go to the Durham Miners' Gala together and confront their memories of the past.

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Timothy West and Douglas Livingstone (author of this closely observed piece) play Christopher and Benny, two “Bevin Boys” in the Second World War, chosen by lot to work down the mines rather than go into the services, essential to the war effort, largely unrecognised then, unremembered now. Now in their 80s they go to a Durham Miners Gala and try to recall the young men they were at 18. The play is based around what the writer (Livingstone), director (Jane Morgan) and their sound recordist heard and saw at last year’s Gala.

Christopher ................................... Timothy West
Benny .................................. Douglas Livingstone
Young Christopher .............................. Fergus Rees
Young Benny ................................... Sam Fletcher
Sally ........................................ Faye Castelow
Jim ...................................... Christoher Connel
Michael ..................................... David Whitaker
Older Sally ............................... Jane Whittenshaw
Headmaster .................................. Brian Lonsdale

With recordings made at the Durham Miners' Gala and at West Pelton Primary School.

Directed by Jane Morgan

Type : mpeg 1 layer III
Bitrate : 192
Mode : stereo
Frequency : 48000 Hz
Length : 00:56:52
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Source : Freeview

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