The dusty notebooks of wartime cabinet secretary Norman Brook have lain unopened for over 60 years, but on the day of their public release, the journalist and broadcaster Charles Wheeler helped recreate the mood of those tetchy cabinet meetings in this fast-moving drama-documentary.
We hear, in their own words, the disputes and fears that Churchill's cabinet had to struggle with during the darkest days of the Second World War.
What is now revealed gives a vivid insight into some of the most dramatic decisions taken by that small group of men who shaped the nation's destiny.
Members of the war cabinet are played by Hugh Dickson, Jonathan Keeble, Tim Pigott-Smith, David Ryall, David Timson and Geoffrey Whitehead.
Written By - Elizabeth Jenkins
Performed By : Teresa Gallagher
Publisher : Select Music & Distribution
Runtime : 2 hours 30 minutes
Categories : Arts & Drama
British
Biographical
Pre 1900
Price : $12.25
A highly enjoyable account of the life of Jane Austen. More info... |
Written By - Christopher Lee
Performed By : Anna Massey and Robert Powell
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 3 hours
Categories : Non Fiction
British
20th Century
Price : $22.75
Continuing the award winning BBC radio 4 series of the story of Britain, from the start of the Twentieth Century to the present day More info... |
Written By - Christopher Lee
Performed By : Anna Massey
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 3 hours
Categories : Non Fiction
British
Pre 1900
Price : $22.75
The story of Britain from the arrival of Julius Caesar in 55BC to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, specially written for BBC Radio 4 by Christopher Lee, narrated by Anna Massey More info... |
Written By - Berwick Coates
Performed By : Berwick Coates
Publisher : Berwick Coates
Runtime : 47 minutes
Categories : Pre 1900
British
Politics
Historical
Biographical
Price : $8.99
CARDINAL WOLSEY... The Last Great Medieval Minister...‘Built Hampton Court, didn`t he?’... More info... |
Written By - Gilbert White
Performed By : James Taylor
Publisher : Audio Books Ltd
Runtime : 10 hours 45 minutes
Categories : Biographical
British
Pre 1900
Biographical
Knowledge & Learning
Price : $32.49
'The Natural History of Selborne' has become part of that curious concoction of ideas and artefacts, which are seen as somehow defining "the English way of life." More info... |
