- Radio Times
- Review by:
- Alison Graham
About this programme
4/5. The horrors of life at the heart of battle in the First World War have left Christopher physically and emotionally exhausted, but he gathers himself once more to prepare men for conscription in Rouen. However, back in London, Sylvia decides to cross the Channel to visit him - little realising the grave consequences her trip could have. Drama, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Rebecca Hall.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Christopher Tietjens
- Benedict Cumberbatch
- Sylvia Tietjens
- Rebecca Hall
- Gen Campion
- Roger Allam
- Valentine Wannop
- Adelaide Clemens
- Bertram
- Jonathan Coy
- Mark Tietjens
- Rupert Everett
- Lady Claudine
- Clare Higgins
- McKechnie
- Patrick Kennedy
- Col Levin
- Elliot Levey
- Potty Perowne
- Tom Mison
- Gen Haggard
- Ronald Pickup
- Mrs Wannop
- Miranda Richardson
- Sandbach
- Malcolm Sinclair
- Bobbie Pelham
- Anna Skellern
- Glorvina
- Sasha Waddell
- Lord Beichen
- Leslie De Gruyter
- Mrs Ferguson
- Lucy Briers
- Sgt Maj Cowley
- Nick Holder
- O Nine Morgan
- Kyle Redmond-Jones
- Capitaine Thurston
- Pierre Van Heddegem
- Girtin
- Jeroen Batsleer
- O Five Thomas
- Tom Harries
- Hotchkiss
- Nicholas Lumley
- Gen O'Hara
- Iain Mitchell
- Sgt Cook Case
- Jonathan Ryland
- Latin teacher
- Anna Maguire
- First teacher
- Emma Dewhurst
- Second teacher
- Tilly Blackwood
- Canadian captain
- Louis Talpe
- Guard sergeant
- Jonathan Sawdon
- Army groom
- Tat Whatley
- Hotel manager
- Gert Lahousse
- Schoolgirl 1
- Bea Wavell Grant
- Schoolgirl 2
- Harriet Lindsay-Stewart
- Schoolgirl 3
- Orlane Nell Grant
Crew
- Director
- Susanna White
- Producer
- David Parfitt
- Producer
- Selwyn Roberts
- Writer
- Tom Stoppard
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