BBC-R4X - Other Side of the Hill

The Other Side of the Hill
by Peter Luke
BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Plays
Broadcast: 17 & 24 May 1993
Re-broadcast BBC Radio 4X - 9th of June and 16th of June 2012
90 minutes x 2 @ 160k - 44.1kHz - stereo - mp3 - oldsoldier


Two plays by Peter Luke, which follow the Duke of Wellington and his peninsular campaign between 1808 and 1813.

It follows the Penininsular War from Wellingtons victory at Talavera, the siege of Badajoz and onwards through the british march through Spain before conclusing with the Battle of Waterloo. Based on a play by Peter Luke, the radio series purports to include eyewitness accounts of the british battles in the Peninsular Wars. -- BBC Radio 7

It's a Long Way from Talavera

1/2. The 1808-1813 peninsular campaign of the Duke of Wellington with Michael Pennington

The Long Road to Waterloo

2/2. The Long Road to Waterloo.

Many thanks to oldsoldier for this historical drama.