Woman's Hour Drama - Amazing Grace - Episode 1

Drama by Michelle Lipton, inspired by a true story. When Grace's Sudanese village is attacked, she scoops up her children - two year old in her arms, nine year old holding her hand and the 10 year old twins running behind - and they flee, running for their lives. Thankfully safety is within reach, and a truck full of displaced villagers lets her on board. She loads her two daughters on to the truck and turns to lift the boys up. But they aren't there - they're gone. And the truck must go. Grace must make any parent's most feared decision. A choice that is no choice - to save the children she has with her or abandon them to look for the two who are left behind. This is the story of Grace - now living in the UK - and her battle to find and bring back her missing children. Grace ..... Wunmi Mosaku Bonnie ..... Patricia Routledge Leo ..... Greg Wise Jacob/Elijah ..... Beru Tessema Kyla ..... Yusra Wasrama Frankie/Red Cross Man ..... Bijan Daneshmand HOPO/ECO ..... Bea Comins Solomon ..... Darren Hart Truck Driver/Male Villager ..... Ali Rahman Composer: Stephen Kilpatrick Children's Choir: Dobcross Holy Trinity Primary School Adult Choir : Leeds University Liturgical Choir Executive Producer: Nicola Shindler Director: Justine Potter A Red production for BBC Radio 4.