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Episode 2 - No-One Gets Out of Here

June 1945 and the top surviving Nazis are being tracked down all over Europe. Right now, they’re being held in a Luxembourg hotel but there are people out there who want revenge.

Weeks after the defeat of Germany, it’s mid-Summer 1945, and the top surviving Nazis have been arrested all over Europe. For the moment, the prisoners are held in a hotel in Luxembourg but there are people out there, victims, survivors, and they want revenge.

Inside the hotel, the Prison Commandant is under pressure. Colonel Andrus had to prevent attempts to release his prisoners, or to lynch them, or to stop them committing suicide. But once they’re transferred to Nuremberg Prison, it’s no safer: SS Prisoners have been dragooned into the rebuilding effort. Finally, in spite of his best efforts, one indicted Nazi – Robert Ley, Head of the Labour Front – manages to hang himself. Starring Joseph Alessi as Colonel Burton Andrus, Prison Commandant and Jasper Britton as Robert Ley, Head of the German Labour Front.

Cast:
Sergeant Monelli - ELLIOT COWAN
Colonel Burton Andrus - JOSEPH ALESSI
Herman Goering - NIGEL LINDSAY
Rudolf Hess - JOSEPH MYDELL
Robert Ley and other roles - JASPER BRITTON
Wilhelm Keitel and other roles - JONATHAN CULLEN
Karl Doenitz and other roles - NICHOLAS WOODESON
Hans Frank and other roles - ANDREW WOODALL
General Patch and other roles - HARI DHILLON
Private Hennessy and other roles - CLIVE WOOD
Prison Doctor and other roles - ILAN GOODMAN
Evening Post Reporter and other roles - NATHAN WILEY
Intelligence Officer and other roles - MARK EDEL-HUNT
Titles - LEWIS MACLEOD

Sound Designer - ADAM WOODHAMS
Studio Manager - MARK SMITH
Casting Director - GINNY SCHILLER
Original Score - METAPHOR MUSIC
Writer and Director - JONATHAN MYERSON
Producer - NICHOLAS NEWTON

A Promenade Production for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sounds

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