Dramatised by Julia Stoneham

Samantha Bond

Full Cast

Ioan Meredith

Deborah McAndrew

Becky Hindley

Cathy Murphy

Tilly Vosburgh

June Barrie

Annabel Mullion

Jilly Bond

Two BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramas

Samantha Bond stars in two captivating stories set around a hostel for Land Girls during World War Two 
 
Based in Devon in the 1940s, these two dramas follow the lives and loves of a group of young women, all from different backgrounds, but all determined to do their bit for King and country in the Land Army. Billeted in a hastily-converted farmhouse, they face cramped conditions and gruelling work - but there's always dances at the village hop and the chance of romance with a GI... 
 
The Cinderella Service 
It's 1943, and Alice Todd has just separated from her husband. With a ten-year-old son to care for, she accepts the position of Warden at a hostel for Land Girls: but is she up to the job? Looking after ten lively, independent women is hard, and when Alice's competence is questioned, she doubts her ability to cope. Will the loyalty and friendship of her girls persuade her to stick it out? 
 
Cinderella D-Day 
1944. Alice is still busy running the Women's Land Army hostel, as well as taking tentative steps in her new career and a fledgling relationship. But the girls in her care are finding that life in wartime does not run smoothly. As the hostilities rumble on, there is happiness and heartbreak in store, and the hostel residents face danger and some stark personal choices... 
 
Created by Julia Stoneham - a regular writer on hit TV show The House of Elliott - these evocative wartime dramas star Samantha Bond as Alice, with a cast including June Barrie, Tilly Vosburgh, Becky Hindley and Deborah McAndrew. 
 
 
Directed by Tracey Neale 
Theme tune: 'This Time the Dream's On Me' by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer, lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc 
 
The Cinderella Service 
Alice - Samantha Bond 
Edward-John - James Cohen 
Rose - June Barrie 
Annie - Tilly Vosburgh 
Mabel - Cathy Murphy 
Marian - Becky Hindley 
Winnie - Deborah McAndrew 
Martha - Rachel Lewis 
Taffy - Elaine Claxton 
Georgina - Annabel Mullion 
Chrissie - Teresa Gallagher 
Margery Brewster - Tessa Worsley 
Roger Bayliss - Peter Yapp 
Christopher Bayliss - Andrew Wlncott 
Ferdie - Bill Wallis 
Oliver Maynard/Fred - Ian Masters 
Ron Chapman - David Collings 
Mrs Bowden - Jilly Bond 
Nora - Abigail Docherty 
Andreas - Walter Van Dyke 
Ruben - David Antrobus 
Alec/John Boyce - Matthew Morgan 
James Todd - David Jarvis 
Mary Brewer - Eva Stuart 
Other parts played by members of the cast 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 5-19 April 1995 
 
Cinderella D-Day 
Alice - Samantha Bond 
Rose - June Barrie 
Georgina - Louise Lombard 
Christopher - Adrian Lukis 
Annie - Tilly Vosburgh 
Marian - Becky Hindley 
Winnie - Deborah McAndrew 
Taffy - Elaine Claxton 
Martha - Rachel Lewis 
Mabel - Cathy Murphy 
Edward-John - Sam Collings 
Roger Bayliss - Ioan Meredith 
Margery Brewster - Tessa Worsley 
Ferdie - Bill Wallis 
Lionel Brewer - Alex Lowe 
Mary Brewer - Ann Beach 
Ruben - David Antrobus 
Marvin - Robert Harper 
Joan - Elaine Pyke 
Kiwi - Joanna Monro 
James - David Jarvis 
Dave - Dominic Taylor 
Eleanor - Abigail Docherty 
Beryl/Mrs Tucker/Fran - Janet Maw 
Lionel - Alex Lowe 
Fred - Denys Hawthorne 
Italian POW - Chris Pavlo 
Arthur - William Howard 
Other parts played by members of the cast 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 18 September-2 October 1996

Dramatised by Julia Stoneham

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