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Under the Table

Witnessing the impact of war from under the kitchen table, a boy tackles Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin. Stars Kenneth Cranham.

Spring 1945: A boy overcomes his terror of a world at war to demand of Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin - who are meeting in his grandfather's greenhouse - a reason why his mother is now widowed and inconsolable.

Starring David Calder as the storyteller, Kenneth Cranham as Seph Hammer, Robert Lang as Churchill, Andrew Sachs as Stalin, David Healy as Roosevelt, Jonathan Keeble as Hitler, Oliver Senton as Jack, Becky Hindley as Rusty, Maureen O’Brien as May Hammer, Peter Yapp as Mr Hunt, Natasha Pyne as Rouille, Andrew Branch as Bags and David Antrobus as Trevor.

Music composed by Neil Brand and performed by Sarah Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔr.

Director: Eoin O'Callaghan

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in 1995.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sun 28 Apr 2019 04:00

Broadcasts

  • Sat 18 May 2013 06:00
  • Sat 18 May 2013 16:00
  • Sun 19 May 2013 04:00
  • Sat 14 Feb 2015 06:00
  • Sat 14 Feb 2015 16:00
  • Sun 15 Feb 2015 04:00
  • Sat 27 Apr 2019 06:00
  • Sat 27 Apr 2019 16:00
  • Sun 28 Apr 2019 04:00