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Jonathan Vernon
Reflections on e-Learning
The Loving Ballad of Captain Bateman
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The Loving Ballad of Captain Bateman
Friday, 14 Dec 2012, 06:32
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Edited by Jonathan Vernon, Friday, 14 Dec 2012, 11:28
Sometimes you have to stop the car and listen
Captain Stewart Bateman is badly wounded in Afghanistan. Sofia gives him shelter and you know they will fall in love ... but with the British Captain in their home Sofia and her father face retributions from the Taliban for harbouring him or from the British army for keeping him prisoner. Sofia's father is about to sell him to the Taliban when ...
Well, that's when I stopped the car - all I could see was a movie playing out in my mind. It was unsafe to drive.
Listen
HERE
- or Google 'BBC Radio 4 The loving Ballad of Captain Bateman'.
Lines I like
'They say Afghanistan is made of the bits God had left over after making the rest of the world'. Reply: 'Sounds like
Killingworth
'.
Writer:
Joseph Wilde
Music:
Tim van Eyken
You've got
6 DAYS LEFT TO LISTEN
from today Friday 14th December
Then what happens? Is it archived? Do you download a podcast ... or wait for the movie or TV series.
First broadcast:
Tags: tim van eyken, afghanistan, bbc radio 4, drama, play, radio drama, captain bateman, joseph wilder
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