Winsome Pinnock

Roy Williams

Rex Obano

Pippa Bennett-Warner

Danielle Vitalis

Shiloh Coke

Full Cast

An epic BBC Radio 4 drama

A major BBC Radio series charting the history of post-war Britain through the lives of Hope Kiffin, Eunice Lamming and Gloria de Soto, bound forever by one moment in 1946. 
 
London, 1946. Struggling to cope with the idea of raising her daughter in a hostile environment, African-Caribbean nurse Hope makes the difficult decision to entrust her precious baby to her best friend, Eunice, to take back home to Antigua. But their plan goes disastrously wrong. 
 
In the decades that follow, all of them will witness - and play a part in - the seismic changes rocking the British Isles, as the old establishment crumbles, immigration builds and the country adjusts to the realities of a post-war, post-colonial future. 
 
This compelling series interweaves brilliant intimate domestic stories, told from multiple perspectives, that together illuminate the emergence of modern Britain. Written by leading Black playwrights Roy Williams, Rex Obano and Winsome Pinnock, it stars Danielle Vitalis as Hope, Shiloh Coke as Eunice/Faith and Pippa Bennett-Warner as Gloria, with a full cast including Martins Imhangbe, Stefan Adegbola, Emma Handy and Hasan Dixon. 
 
 
Production credits 
Written by Roy Williams, Rex Obano and Winsome Pinnock 
Musical Director: Peter Ringrose 
Produced and directed by Mary Peate and Jessica Dromgoole 
 
Cast 
Jim - Martins Imhangbe 
Hope - Danielle Vitalis 
Eunice/Faith - Shiloh Coke 
Gloria - Pippa Bennett-Warner 
Clement/Waiter - Stefan Adegbola 
Waitress/Ida/Matron/Ag - Emma Handy 
Trevor - Gary Beadle 
Neville - Chris Jack 
Olubuki - Rex Obano 
Martina - Clare Perkins 
Gerard/Dennis/Musician - Hasan Dixon 
Stephens/Johnnie/Florist - Ian Dunnett Jnr 
Post Mistress/Millie - Jane Whittenshaw 
Sallow/Neighbour - Roger Ringrose 
Lorraine - Lizzy Watts 
Bert - Ben Crowe 
Caleb - Dermot Daly 
Parent - Cecilia Appiah 
 
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(p) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

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