1. A Village Life
Evocative tale of a West Country childhood. The Lee family arrive in their new home. Recorded on location. Stars Tim McInnerny.
The Lee family arrive in their new home in the West Country of England.
The first of Laurie Lee's trilogy of memoirs, first published in 1959.
Starring Tim McInnerny and Niamh Cusack.
Dramatised in two parts by Nick Darke.
Recorded on location in and around the Slad valley in Gloucestershire.
Laurie ....... Tim McInnerny
Mother ....... Niamh Cusack
Young Loll ....... Sunny Leworthy
Phyllis ....... Jennifer Compton
Harold ....... Paul Currier
Marge ....... Lisa Kay
Doth ....... Briony Fforde
Jack ....... Daniel Clifford
Tony ....... Jed Blacklock
Crabby ....... .June Barrie
Granny Trill ....... Constance Chapman
Granny Wallon ....... Val Lorraine
Fred Bates ....... Chris Grimes
Uncle Ray/Deserter ....... David Goodland
Miss Flynn ....... Laura Strachan
Spadge Hopkins ....... James Lawton
Lol's school friends played by the pupils of Rodborough Primary and Archway schools in Stroud
Music arranged and played by Paul Burgess
Directed at 麻豆社 Bristol by Viv Beeby and Jeremy Howe
First broadcast on Radio 4 in April 1998.
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