大象传媒

Jonathan Keeble stars as Laurie Lee in the celebrated journey from his Cotswold home in Slad to the South of Spain in the mid 1930s.

Leaving behind the village he immortalised in Cider With Rosie, 19-year-old Laurie sets out on the open road with a vague idea of reaching London and the American girlfriend who awaits him there.

After a period spent working on building sites in Putney, he finds himself on board a ship for Spain for no better reason than he knows how to ask for a glass of water.

Months later, he becomes embroiled in the wave of events which were to become the Spanish Civil War.

Throughout his travels, Laurie earned his living playing the fiddle.

Dramatised by Christopher Denys.

With:

Ian Brooker
Alison Carney
Sean Connolly
Janet Dale
Kim Durham
Oliver Jackman
Ioan Meredith
Sunny Ormonde
Kerry Page
Amy Shindler

Music arranged and played by Chris Leslie.

Directed at 大象传媒 Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in August 2000.

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