Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20151012 | Rome 1943. A split-second decision is about to change Chiara's life forever.
Cardiff 1973. Welsh teenager Maria learns some shocking news about her past.
Greta Scacchi, Juliet Aubrey and Sophie Melville star in Virginia Baily's powerful novel of love, loss and learning to be a mother.
The action moves between Nazi-occupied Rome and 1973. Dramatised in ten parts by Miranda Emmerson.
Narrator.....Greta Scacchi
Director: Emma Harding
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2015.
Virginia Baily's powerful novel of love and loss opens in Rome 1943. Stars Juliet Aubrey. Classic and contemporary original drama and book dramatisations |
| 02 | 20151013 | Italy 1943. Chiara has to flee Rome with her sister and Daniele Levi, the young Jewish boy she is sheltering.
Thirty years later, Welsh teenager Maria is still coming to terms with the bombshell that her real father is an Italian man she's never met, a man called Daniele Levi.
Greta Scacchi, Juliet Aubrey and Sophie Melville star in Virginia Baily's powerful novel of love, loss and learning to be a mother.
Dramatised by Miranda Emmerson.
Narrator.....Greta Scacchi
Director: Emma Harding
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2015.
Chiara and Daniele flee Rome in Virginia Baily's new novel, adapted by Miranda Emmerson Classic and contemporary original drama and book dramatisations |
| 03 | 20151014 | Italy 1943. Chiara, Cecilia and Daniele are attempting to flee Rome for the countryside.
Thirty years later, Chiara takes a phonecall from a young Welsh girl, Maria, who claims to be Daniele's daughter.
Greta Scacchi, Juliet Aubrey and Sophie Melville star in Virginia Baily's powerful novel of love, loss and learning to be a mother.
Narrator.....Greta Scacchi
Dramatised by Miranda Emmerson.
Director: Emma Harding
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2015.
Virginia Baily's novel, set in Italy 1943, about a woman who shelters a young Jewish boy Classic and contemporary original drama and book dramatisations |
| 04 | 20151015 | Italy 1943. Chiara flees Rome for the countryside with her sister, Cecilia and Daniele, the small Jewish boy she has saved from the Nazis' clearance of the Rome ghetto.
Thirty years later, in 1973, Chiara has lost touch with her troubled, junkie adoptive son, but she must now decide how to deal with the young Welsh teenager who keep phoning her and who claims to be Daniele's daughter.
Greta Scacchi, Juliet Aubrey and Sophie Melville star in Virginia Baily's powerful novel of love, loss and learning to be a mother.
Narrator.....Greta Scacchi
Dramatised by Miranda Emmerson.
Director: Emma Harding
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2015.
Virginia Baily's novel about a woman learning to be a mother against the backdrop of war. Classic and contemporary original drama and book dramatisations |
| 05 | 20151016 | Italy 1943. Sisters Chiara and Cecilia are now installed in their grandmother's farmhouse in the mountains, where they shelter passing army deserters and Daniele, the small Jewish boy Chiara saved from the Nazis' clearance of the Rome ghetto.
Thirty years later, in 1973, Chiara has lost touch with her troubled, junkie adoptive son, but is now preparing for a visit from Maria, the Welsh teenager who claims to be Daniele's daughter.
Greta Scacchi, Juliet Aubrey and Sophie Melville star in Virginia Baily's powerful novel of love, loss and learning to be a mother.
Narrator.....Greta Scacchi
Dramatised by Miranda Emmerson.
Director: Emma Harding
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2015.
Virginia Baily's powerful new novel set in Rome about a woman forced to confront her past Classic and contemporary original drama and book dramatisations |
| 06 | 20151019 | Italy 1943. Chiara and Cecilia are living with their grandmother in a remote farmhouse, where they shelter passing deserters and Daniele, the small Jewish boy Chiara saved from the Nazis.
Thirty years later, in 1973, Chiara has lost touch with her troubled, junkie adoptive son, but she must now decide how to deal with the young Welsh teenager who keep phoning her and who claims to be Daniele's daughter.
Greta Scacchi, Juliet Aubrey and Sophie Melville star in Virginia Baily's powerful novel of love, loss and learning to be a mother.
Narrator.....Greta Scacchi
Dramatised by Miranda Emmerson.
Director: Emma Harding
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2015.
Italy 1943. Chiara and her young Jewish charge, Daniele, are lying low in the countryside. Classic and contemporary original drama and book dramatisations |
| 07 | 20151020 | Italy 1943. A Nazi officer officer arrives at the remote farmhouse where Chiara is hiding her young Jewish charge, Daniele.
Thirty years later, in 1973, Chiara has lost touch with her troubled, junkie adoptive son, but she must now decide how to deal with the young Welsh teenager who keep phoning her and who claims to be Daniele's daughter.
Greta Scacchi, Juliet Aubrey and Sophie Melville star in Virginia Baily's powerful novel of love, loss and learning to be a mother.
Narrator.....Greta Scacchi
Dramatised by Miranda Emmerson.
Director: Emma Harding
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2015.
A Nazi officer arrives at the farmhouse where Chiara is hiding a small Jewish boy, Daniele Classic and contemporary original drama and book dramatisations |
| 08 | 20151021 | Italy 1944. Chiara and her young Jewish charge, Daniele, are back in Rome, where food supplies are scarce.
Thirty years later, in 1973, Chiara has lost touch with her troubled, junkie adoptive son, but she must now decide how to deal with the young Welsh teenager who keep phoning her and who claims to be Daniele's daughter.
Greta Scacchi, Juliet Aubrey and Sophie Melville star in Virginia Baily's powerful novel of love, loss and learning to be a mother.
Narrator.....Greta Scacchi
Dramatised by Miranda Emmerson.
Director: Emma Harding
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2015.
Italy 1944. Chiara and her young Jewish charge Daniele return to Rome. By Virginia Baily. Classic and contemporary original drama and book dramatisations |
| 09 | 20151022 | 1944. As American soldiers parade through Rome, Chiara receives some devastating news.
1973. Chiara confides in her oldest friend about her dilemma over Daniele's teenage daughter, Maria, who doesn't yet know anything about her father's past.
Greta Scacchi, Juliet Aubrey and Sophie Melville star in Virginia Baily's powerful novel of love, loss and learning to be a mother.
Narrator.....Greta Scacchi
Dramatised by Miranda Emmerson.
Director: Emma Harding
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2015.
1944. As American soldiers parade through Rome, Chiara receives some devastating news. Classic and contemporary original drama and book dramatisations |
| 10 | 20151023 | Rome 1973. With Simone's encouragment, Chiara determines to tell Maria the truth aboout Daniele and confront her own past.
Greta Scacchi, Juliet Aubrey and Sophie Melville star in Virginia Baily's powerful novel of love, loss and learning to be a mother.
Narrator.....Greta Scacchi
Dramatised by Miranda Emmerson.
Director: Emma Harding
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2015.
Chiara decides to tell Maria the truth about Daniele, in Virginia Baily's powerful novel Classic and contemporary original drama and book dramatisations |