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Pink Mist

Dramatic poem by Owen Sheers about soldiers struggling to return home. Commissioned for the Radio 4 More Than Words Festival in Bristol and set and recorded there.

A dramatic poem by Owen Sheers about soldiers struggling to return home from Afghanistan. Commissioned for the Radio 4 More than Words festival in Bristol and set and recorded there.

There are three comrades: Arthur is back in Bristol and wants to tell the story of his war and that of his friends, Hads and Taff. Taff is a dubstep 'soundhead', Hads is trapped in a job in a shopping centre; they join up too. Arthur's girlfriend and Had's mother and Geraint's wife also appear.
With music by Jon Nicholls.

Arthur: Carl Prekopp; Hads: Osi Okerafor; Taff: Jordan Bernarde; Gwen: Devon Black; Lisa: Alex Tregear; Sarah: Leona Walker.
Producer Tim Dee.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 27 Dec 2014 21:00

Broadcast

  • Sat 27 Dec 2014 21:00