Woman's Hour Drama - Writing the Century: A Paintbrush Reporter - Episode 5

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. After reporting extensively from postwar Germany, Barbara and her two young daughters are finally reunited in South Africa. Barbara ...... Kathryn Hunt Polly ...... Hester Cox Lindsay ...... Ellie Sager Granny ...... Janice Mckenizie Anne/Rhona ...... Deborah McAndrew Martli ...... Melissa Jane Sinden Dr Dunn ...... Stuart Richman Jack ...... Conrad Nelson Allen ...... Graeme Hawley Singer: Waleed Isaacs Original music by Nicolai Abrahamsen.