Description
A major BBC Radio series charting the history of postwar Britain through the lives of Hope Kiffin Eunice Lamming and Gloria de Soto bound forever by one moment in 1946
London 1946 Struggling to cope with the idea of raising her daughter in a hostile environment AfricanCaribbean nurse Hope makes the difficult decision to entrust her precious baby to her best friend Eunice to take back home to Antigua But their plan goes disastrously wrong
In the decades that follow all of them will witness and play a part in the seismic changes rocking the British Isles as the old establishment crumbles immigration builds and the country adjusts to the realities of a postwar postcolonial future
This compelling series interweaves brilliant intimate domestic stories told from multiple perspectives that together illuminate the emergence of modern Britain Written by leading Black playwrights Roy Williams Rex Obano and Winsome Pinnock it stars Danielle Vitalis as Hope Shiloh Coke as Eunice/Faith and Pippa BennettWarner as Gloria with a full cast including Martins Imhangbe Stefan Adegbola Emma Handy and Hasan Dixon
Production credits
Written by Roy Williams Rex Obano and Winsome Pinnock
Musical Director Peter Ringrose
Produced and directed by Mary Peate and Jessica Dromgoole
Cast
Jim Martins Imhangbe
Hope Danielle Vitalis
Eunice/Faith Shiloh Coke
Gloria Pippa BennettWarner
Clement/Waiter Stefan Adegbola
Waitress/Ida/Matron/Ag Emma Handy
Trevor Gary Beadle
Neville Chris Jack
Olubuki Rex Obano
Martina Clare Perkins
Gerard/Dennis/Musician Hasan Dixon
Stephens/Johnnie/Florist Ian Dunnett Jnr
Post Mistress/Millie Jane Whittenshaw
Sallow/Neighbour Roger Ringrose
Lorraine Lizzy Watts
Bert Ben Crowe
Caleb Dermot Daly
Parent Cecilia Appiah
2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
p 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
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