Classic Serial - Bright Day - Episode 1

By JB Priestley Disillusioned scriptwriter Gregory Dawson is staying at a hotel in Cornwall, finishing a script. A chance encounter in the bar sends him back to the lost world of his youth before the slaughter of the First World War when he was a 18-year old in Bruddersford, Yorkshire: Through rediscovering his past Dawson realises where his life took a wrong turn and where he must make amends if he is to start afresh. There is a glow of magic in poignant rediscovery. Gregory Dawson/Narrator.. Jack Shepherd Elizabeth Earl... Liza Sadovy Young Gregory... Dean Smith Joan Alington.. Sarah Smart Bridget Alington... Sarah Churm Eva Alington.. Lowri Evans Jock / Harfner.... Conrad Nelson Malcolm Nixey... Fred Ridgeway Eleanor Nixey... Janice Mckenzie Mr Alington... David Fleeshman Mr Ackworth..... Fine Time Fontayne Brent / Stanley Mervin... Seamus O'Neill Ben Kerry... Steve Marsh Dramatised by Diana Griffiths Producer/Director - Pauline Harris.