Thanks very much for this. It's a brilliant story. The book was serialised for Radio 4 (as a reading, not a drama) either as Book of the Week, or Book at Bedtime, and later repeated on R4 Extra. I have the recordings somewhere. But I'd forgotten about this dramatisation. Inspired by the novel, my wife and I once had a cycling holiday along the coast in East Friesland, visiting some of the places mentioned, and staying some nights on Nordeney. (We aren't into sailing though! :-) ). In those days, there was a ferry from Harwich to Cuxhaven; sadly no longer running. These days, we'd have to go to Hoek van Holland and go through the Netherlands to do something like the same holiday. Or take the bikes on the train.
It's rather shocking to think that the author of the book, Erskine Childers, was shot because he ended up on the "wrong" side in the Irish civil war - shot by one faction of the Irish, not by the British. His son and namesake later became the President of the Irish Republic. History is very strange sometimes. His story would probably make a good radio play.
@@mrman2415 strange how people who risked death together in support of a cause would end up killing each other very shortly for having differing views on the cause.
Arch what a brilliant story, thank you so much for sharing, excellent job you are doing.👍🏼👏🏻
Thanks very much for this. It's a brilliant story. The book was serialised for Radio 4 (as a reading, not a drama) either as Book of the Week, or Book at Bedtime, and later repeated on R4 Extra. I have the recordings somewhere.
But I'd forgotten about this dramatisation.
Inspired by the novel, my wife and I once had a cycling holiday along the coast in East Friesland, visiting some of the places mentioned, and staying some nights on Nordeney. (We aren't into sailing though! :-) ).
In those days, there was a ferry from Harwich to Cuxhaven; sadly no longer running. These days, we'd have to go to Hoek van Holland and go through the Netherlands to do something like the same holiday. Or take the bikes on the train.
It's rather shocking to think that the author of the book, Erskine Childers, was shot because he ended up on the "wrong" side in the Irish civil war - shot by one faction of the Irish, not by the British.
His son and namesake later became the President of the Irish Republic.
History is very strange sometimes.
His story would probably make a good radio play.
This is my all time favourite book. Even abridged its good.
Many thanks.
Thank you. Nice way to wind down
Thanks Arch.
Nice one Arch sir . Loved the film , looking forward to this just as much 👍
Thank you
Excellent! Thanks, Arch. Is that Michael York? I think he was in the film, but is he in the radio play as well?
Sadly not, according to the credits at the end. (I didn't recognise any of the names).
Does sound a bit like him though.
Ripper yarn.
Wasn't Childers an Irish republican? Smuggling weapons, before the Irish free state was born.
He was. He was also executed by the free state government for his part in the civil war.
@@mrman2415 strange how people who risked death together in support of a cause would end up killing each other very shortly for having differing views on the cause.
De Valera executed more IRA members than the Brits did...!