The Citadel: Series 7-10

A BBC Radio Full-Cast Drama

De: A.J. Cronin

Narrado por: Rupert Hill, Richard Fleeshman, Matthew Gravelle, Jenny Platt, Catrin Stewart, Full Cast

The concluding series of the epic radio drama series set in the Welsh valleys, about medical life before the NHS
Based on AJ Cronin’s award-winning 1937 novel of the same name, which partly inspired Nye Bevan to create the NHS, this gripping dramatisation centres on Andrew Manson, a newly trained GP in 1920s Wales.
Series 7: It's 1929, and Dr Denny indirectly causes Manson's young daughter Gwyneth to have an accident, leading to drastic action. Meanwhile, Dr Denny believes a young boxer might be his son.
Series 8: It's 1930, Dr. Manson is in London hoping to get the Minister of Health's support for the Welsh Valley. Dr. Denny is shocked to receive a visit from a former soldier from his past, and worries that a potential epidemic is about to strike the valley.?
Series 9: It is 1931 and a foundling is left on the doorstep of Dr Manson's house. Christine wants to take care of the baby, but she is heavily pregnant herself. Matters become even more complicated when an aristocratic birth control campaigner breezes into town.
Series 10: The series finale. It’s 1934. Authoritarian nationalists are coming to power all over the world. The ‘Rules Based Order’ is collapsing. Liberal Democracies are faltering. Wars loom. The world economy is in trouble, benefits are being cut, and health provision is buckling as needs increase.
Starring Rupert Hill (S7) / Richard Fleeshman (S8-10) as Dr Manson, Matthew Gravelle as Dr Denny, Jenny Platt (S7) / Catrin Stewart (S8-10) as Christine