Woman's Hour Drama - Writing the Century 1948-1953: Starting From Scratch - Episode 1

Series exploring the 20th Century through diaries and correspondence of real people, dramatised by Peter Roberts. The story of Hazel Taylor, a young woman from Huddersfield, who dreams of becoming a freelance writer as England struggles through the postwar period of rationing and rebuilding. Hazel works with her dad in the family shop, but is worried that her mother has eyes for someone else. Hazel ...... Amy Humphreys Hilda ...... Olwen May Joe ...... David Fleeshman Stan/Policeman ...... James Quinn Sylvia ...... Lucy Jo Hudson Philip ...... Luke Walker Mrs Brook ...... Kate Layden Directed by Peter Leslie Wild.