1 hrs 26 mins | Fiction | HistoricalWritten and performed by Peter Gill, this made for radio audio recording of the play 'Meet Tommy Atkins' takes the audience not just through Tommy's war, but also his life back home in Britain post war. We learn of his experiences in the trenches - fighting on the Somme, at Passchendaele and Loos; and also of the boredom, the loss and indeed the comradeship. Returning to Britain, Tommy shows us how a generation of returning men were maltreated but how ultimately it was his generation that forced through the foundations of the Welfare State.
From the beginning of the Great War to the end ...
Written and performed by Peter Gill, this made for radio audio recording of the play 'Meet Tommy Atkins' takes the audience not just through Tommy's war, but also his life back home in Britain post war. We learn of his experiences in the trenches - fighting on the Somme, at Passchendaele and Loos; and also of the boredom, the loss and indeed the comradeship. Returning to Britain, Tommy shows us how a generation of returning men were maltreated but how ultimately it was his generation that forced through the foundations of the Welfare State.
From the beginning of the Great War to the end of the Second, Private Tommy Atkins was there.
This is his story.
| # | Title | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Meet Tommy Atkins Opening Credits. |
0 mins 11 secs |
| 2. | 1. Mons Nov 11. 1918. |
8 mins 28 secs |
| 3. | 2. England 1922. |
10 mins 22 secs |
| 4. | 3. Tyne Cot Cemetery 1927. |
21 mins 00 secs |
| 5. | 4. England July 1939. |
15 mins 05 secs |
| 6. | 5. England Christmas 1945. |
14 mins 39 secs |
| 7. | 6. England 1956. |
15 mins 08 secs |
| 8. | Meet Tommy Atkins Closing Credits. |
0 mins 40 secs |
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