Woman's Hour Drama - Writing the Century 1939-1944: Hostages to Fortune - Episode 1

Series exploring the twentieth century through diaries and correspondence of real people, dramatised by Mick Martin. Marianne Josephy arrives in London on a Kindertransport, a humanitarian scheme offering refuge in Britain for unaccompanied Jewish children. The Hoppers from Hull are a churchgoing working-class family who have a son serving in the forces. Marianne ...... Vanessa Ackerman Mrs Carter ...... Sue Ryding Edith/Alice ...... Olwen May Will/Franz ...... David Fleeshman Grace ...... Sue Kelly Bessie ...... Lisa Moore Officer ...... Hamilton Berstock Original music by Nicolai Abrahamsen. Directed by Gary Brown.