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Episode 2

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Life is tedious for war correspondent William, but he finds love and ends up in the middle of a revolution. Stars Rory Kinnear.

Dramatisation by Jeremy Front of Evelyn Waugh's satirical 1938 novel.

William finds life as a war correspondent somewhat tedious, but he does fall in love and find himself in the middle of a revolution.

William Boot ...... Rory Kinnear
Katchen ...... Claudie Blakeley
Lord Copper ...... David Warner
Salter ...... Nicholas Woodeson
Frau Dressler ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Erik Olafsen ...... Dan Starkey
Secret Policeman ...... Jude Akuwudike
Benito ...... Cyril Nri
Moke ...... Inam Mirza
Mr Baldwin ...... Jonathan Taffler
Uncle Theodore ...... Malcolm Tierney
Sir Jocelyn Hitchcock ...... Michael Simkins
Corker ...... Stephen Critchlow
Pigge ...... Chris Pavlo
News Editor ...... Paul Rider
Hechel ...... Gunnar Cauthery
Evelyn Waugh ...... Tim McInnerny

Directed by Sally Avens.

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