Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad (Omnibus)
How a true email friendship grew between Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ journalist Bee Rowlatt and Iraq-based academic May Witwit. With Souad Faress.
2005. Bee, a London journalist, contacts May, an Iraqi academic, about life in her battle-scarred country.
Neither foresees the dramatic events that will change their lives.
The story of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ journalist Bee Rowlatt's email friendship with Iraq-based academic, May Witwit.
Omnibus in five parts dramatised by John Fletcher.
May ...... Souad Faress
Bee ...... Fenella Woolgar
Ali ...... Zubin Varla
Justin ...... Stephen Hogan
Eva/Ayasha ...... Deeivya Meir
Militia Man/Official/Minister ...... Peter Polycarpou
Newsnight director ...... Jonathan Forbes
Lawyer/Octavia ...... Elaine Claxton
Director: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in August 2011
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