Comedy Unit

The Ordeal of Alfred M Hale

1 x 45 for BBC Radio Four - Broadcast 2003

Afternoon play for Radio Four about the richly aggrieved wartime memoir of Alfred M Hale, a delicate man of independent means who was, to his horror, conscripted at the age of 41 towards the end of the first world war. Narrated in ‘Pooteresque’ style, Hale’s sometimes funny, sometimes poignant story is an insight into the effects of war on a man pulled out of his social milieu.

Writer – adapted by Andrew Dallmeyer from Alfred M Hale’s book.
Cast – Duncan Preston
Producer – Colin Gilbert