Woman's Hour Drama - Writing the Century 1948-1953: Starting From Scratch - Episode 5

Series exploring the 20th Century through diaries and correspondence of real people, dramatised by Peter Roberts. The story of Hazel Wheeler, a young woman from Huddersfield who dreams of becoming a freelance writer, as England struggles through the postwar period of rationing and rebuilding. After hearing good news from the BBC, Hazel travels to the Woman's Hour studio in Leeds with her mother - unaware that there is good news of a different kind on the way. Hazel ...... Amy Humphreys Hilda ...... Olwen May Granville ...... Adrian Grove Stan ...... James Quinn Sylvia ...... Lucy Jo Hudson Ray Lakeland/Announcer ...... Stuart Richman Directed by Peter Leslie Wild.