Woman's Hour Drama - Writing the Century: A Paintbrush Reporter - Episode 3

Series exploring the twentieth century through diaries and correspondence of real people, dramatised by Hattie Naylor. The story of Barbara Loxton, a South African mother who was seperated from her daughters during WW2, and her experiences as a journalist travelling around war-torn Europe. Events unfold through the letters exchanged between her and her daughters during their enforced seperation. Barbara travels through Holland. Meanwhile, in South Africa, young Polly is ill again. Barbara ...... Kathryn Hunt Polly ...... Hester Cox Lindsay ...... Ellie Sager Granny ...... Janice Mckenzie Anne ...... Deborah McAndrew Smithy ...... Leigh Symonds Harry ...... Conrad Nelson Soboleff ...... Stuart Richman Albert ...... Andrew Smith Singer: Waleed Isaacs Original music by Nicolai Abrahamsen.