Private Peaceful: A BBC Radio Drama

Experience the poignant BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Michael Morpurgo's novel, which centers on Thomas "Tommo" Peaceful, a young soldier enduring the harrowing realities of the First World War in Belgium alongside his brother Charlie. As the narrative shifts between Tommo's childhood in Devon and his present struggles in the trenches, listeners are drawn into his memories of family and first love with Molly. The story captures the profound injustices faced by soldiers, enriched by a cast that includes Paul Chequer and Nicholas Lyndhurst, and recorded on location in Iddesleigh, the village that shaped Tommo’s early years.