The Fallow Land by HE Bates | Radio Drama

The Fallow Land by HE Bates | Radio Drama
The Fallow Land is set in the English Midlands around the time of the first World War. It concerns the struggle of three generations of a farming family in the Nene Valley - notably the unfortunate Deborah Loveday. Deborah marries Jess Mortimer, who soon leaves her to embark on a life of dissipation She remains to work the farm with Mortimer’s father, a task to which she devotes herself throughout the rest of her life with passion and courage, while bringing up troubled sons Benjamin and David. It stars Denise Bryer and Geoffrey Matthews with Joan Sanderson, Charles Simon, Kathleen Helme, Jane Knowles, Olwen Griffiths, Sandra Clark, Peter Williams, Gretta Gouriet, John Forrest, David Valla, Brian Halnes, Hilda Schroder, Julie Hallam, Anthony Hall, Sandra Clark and William Eedli.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1973
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[@dianapeek6936]

The accent was appalling

[@blackfyre365]

Great story! My only criticism is that it would be much better without the music a bit past the halfway point.

[@varianreeves7553]

Necessary to avoid it getting taken down! Bad choice though.

[@denisefike]

What is that horrible music interruption