Rachel Joyce The Man With Wings Features a war-damaged man who wishes to fly, and a village boy, desperate for the return of his father. It is 1947 and there is a gloomy and desolate feel to the small Gloucestershire village where young Jack Leach's boy lives. It is a village almost entirely populated by women and children; the men have yet to return from the war - and many will never return. Narrator: Ian McDiarmid Mireille: Niamh Cusack Man: Tom Goodman-Hill Boy: Jo Joyce-Venables Sister Mary: Kate Binchy Mother: Emily Joyce Neighbour: Alex Tregear To this village comes a group of traveling nuns, who may or may not be from a religious community, but who set up a homestead in a deserted farmhouse. Then comes the man - back from the war - who is badly injured, but is nursed back to health by the women in the farmhouse. He is befriended in particular by Mireille, one of the women, and by the young boy, for whom he professes to have a secret. What this secret is, and why the man wishes to fly, is revealed as the play progresses. The boy then witnesses a scene that will live with him forever. This epic story about faith, forbidden love, and the intoxicating power of the imagination has one foot in the poverty of post-war rural Britain, a place of bitter disillusionment that reflects part of our society today, and another in the world of the beauty where the inconceivable may just possibly happen. Original Music by Lucinda Mason Brown Produced by Gordon House A Goldhawk Essential Production for BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Drama First broadcast: Thu 29th Mar 2012 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM This charming production had the grown-up son of Jack Leach (Ian McDiarmid) looking back on his childhood, at a time in 1947 when life in his Gloucestershire village was spartan, to say the least. Rationing was still in full force; and very few of the men had returned from battle, leaving the community almost exclusively peopled by women and children. Do you enjoy the variety on Oldtuberadio? Like, Share and Subscribe to be notified of our new shows Donations via Ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/oldtuberadio98 patreon https://www.patreon.com/oldtuberadio Locals https://locals.com/Oldtuberadio Or Direct via https://paypal.me/oldtuberadio Old Tube Radio can also be found on other platforms UGETube https://ugetube.com/@oldtuberadio98 Rumble https://rumble.com/user/Oldtuberadio Thank you and Please don't forget to subscribe Thank You ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x68o3XJid0

When a number of distinguished members of government committees are found dead in suspicious circumstances, it falls to DCI Kate Duncan of Scotland Yard's Sensitive Cases Squad to discover what the connecting factor is. Mark Lawson's deftly plotted murder-mystery gets to grips with a major concern at the heart of our cash-strapped NHS: the post code lottery and exactly who is to be considered deserving of the most expensive life saving drugs on the market. Kate Duncan- Haydn Gwynne Lorenzo- Lloyd Thomas Briggs- Chris McHallem Hermione Sharp - Abigail McKern Dame Imelda Sharp- Honor Blackman Sue Wells- Abigail McGibbon Dr Tom Cready- Nick Dunning Dee Mortimer- Stella McCusker Jeremy Vine- Himself Written by Mark Lawson. The Power of Life and Death was directed in Belfast by Eoin O'Callaghan. Do you enjoy the variety on Oldtuberadio? Like, Share and Subscribe to be notified of our new shows Oldtuberadio Merchandise can be found here https://oldtuberadio.printify.me/products Donations via Ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/oldtuberadio98 patreon https://www.patreon.com/oldtuberadio Locals https://locals.com/Oldtuberadio Old Tube Radio can also be found on other platforms UGETube https://ugetube.com/@oldtuberadio98 Rumble https://rumble.com/user/Oldtuberadio Bitchute https://www.bitchute.com/channel/oldtuberadio98 DailyMotion https://www.dailymotion.com/dm_ce224a31523476f7e6154bedb40b24e8 Or Direct via https://paypal.me/oldtuberadio Thank you and Please don't forget to subscribe Thank You ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yyrTiD9cYo