A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of the powerful novel set in the First World War, from the author of War Equine.

This is the story of Thomas ‘Tommo’ Peaceful, a young soldier who finds himself in Belgium, in the trenches of the First World War, with his brother Charlie. Additionally it is the story of Tommo’s life, developing up in Devon along with his brothers, and of his like for Molly, the stunning girl he fulfilled on his first day at school.

As the storyplot unfolds, from past to present, so approaches the hour when Tommo and Charlie will be separated for ever. The horrors of the First World War, as well as the injustice meted out to the troops who fought in it, are movingly defined.

Documented on location Iddesleigh, the Devon village where in fact the book is defined, this radio dramatisation features among its cast Paul Chequer, Nicholas Lyndhurst and author Michael Morpurgo himself.

It also features; Ted Allpress, Harvey Allpress, Amy Reade, Daniel Houghton, Paul Chequer, Tag Quartley, Annette Chown, Ben Allen, Alison Reid, Nick Brimble, Christopher Bianchi, Peter Ellis, Jonathan Keeble, Terence Mann, Simon Reade and Susan Roberts.