Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
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| 01 | Episode One | 20201018 | USA is an epic saga following a group of characters through the opening decades of the 20th century, in a grand sweep that takes us from post-war boom to Great Depression bust. It has modernist flair, a sharp social eye, and a profound humanity. We follow key individuals, drawn from all walks of life, as their paths cross to creating a complex and moving tapestry of American society. One by one, we are introduced to the players, and we learn about each in depth from infancy to maturity. We see them growing up, negotiating adolescence, looking for love and finding their place in the world, meeting each other as fortune dictates, and following their destiny to success or failure. Dramatised by Robin Brooks from John Dos Passos's USA trilogy: The 42nd Parallel, 1919 and The Big Money Episode One : John Ward Moorehouse, Eleanor Stoddard, and Janey Williams. In the opening episode, we meet the first players in our saga, as fate draws the threads of their lives together - John Moorehouse, a young man on the make, Eleanor Stoddard, a young woman with artistic ambitions, and Janey Williams, a girl growing up on the wrong side of the tracks. Cast: John Ward Moorehouse - Tom Bateman Eleanor Stoddard - Tanya Reynolds Eveline Hutchins - Hannah Genesius Janey Williams - Sheila Atim Annabelle Strang - Jessica Phillippi Rochevillain /Oliver Taylor - Jacob Fortune-Lloyd Freddy Sergeant / Alec - Calam Lynch Joe Williams - Adam Courting Gertrude Staple - Laurel Lefkow McGill - Eric Meyers Jerry Burnham/ Oppenheimer - Will Howard Producer / Director - Fiona McAlpine Sound Design - Lucinda Mason Brown Production Manager - Lucy Barter Broadcast Assistant - Georgia Brown An Allegra production for BBC Radio 4 USA is John Dos Passos's masterpiece, an epic saga of American life from boom to bust. Classic titles that influenced and characterised the Jazz Age of the 1920s. | |
| 01 | Episode One | 20201018 | 20240106 (R4) | USA is an epic saga following a group of characters through the opening decades of the 20th century, in a grand sweep that takes us from post-war boom to Great Depression bust. It has modernist flair, a sharp social eye, and a profound humanity. We follow key individuals, drawn from all walks of life, as their paths cross to creating a complex and moving tapestry of American society. One by one, we are introduced to the players, and we learn about each in depth from infancy to maturity. We see them growing up, negotiating adolescence, looking for love and finding their place in the world, meeting each other as fortune dictates, and following their destiny to success or failure. Dramatised by Robin Brooks from John Dos Passos's USA trilogy: The 42nd Parallel, 1919 and The Big Money Episode One : John Ward Moorehouse, Eleanor Stoddard, and Janey Williams. In the opening episode, we meet the first players in our saga, as fate draws the threads of their lives together - John Moorehouse, a young man on the make, Eleanor Stoddard, a young woman with artistic ambitions, and Janey Williams, a girl growing up on the wrong side of the tracks. Cast: John Ward Moorehouse - Tom Bateman Eleanor Stoddard - Tanya Reynolds Eveline Hutchins - Hannah Genesius Janey Williams - Sheila Atim Annabelle Strang - Jessica Phillippi Rochevillain /Oliver Taylor - Jacob Fortune-Lloyd Freddy Sergeant / Alec - Calam Lynch Joe Williams - Adam Courting Gertrude Staple - Laurel Lefkow McGill - Eric Meyers Jerry Burnham/ Oppenheimer - Will Howard Producer / Director - Fiona McAlpine Sound Design - Lucinda Mason Brown Production Manager - Lucy Barter Broadcast Assistant - Georgia Brown An Allegra production for BBC Radio 4 USA is John Dos Passos's masterpiece, an epic saga of American life from boom to bust. Classic titles that influenced and characterised the Jazz Age of the 1920s. USA is an epic saga by John Dos Passos, following the interwoven storylines of a fascinating group of disparate characters at the beginning of the 20th century. |
| 02 | Episode Two | 20201025 | USA is an epic saga following a group of characters through the opening decades of the 20th century, in a grand sweep that takes us from post-war boom to Great Depression bust. It has modernist flair, a sharp social eye, and a profound humanity. We follow key individuals, drawn from all walks of life, as their paths cross to creating a complex and moving tapestry of American society. One by one, we are introduced to the players, and we learn about each in depth from infancy to maturity. We see them growing up, negotiating adolescence, looking for love and finding their place in the world, meeting each other as fortune dictates, and following their destiny to success or failure. Dramatised by Robin Brooks from John Dos Passos's USA trilogy: The 42nd Parallel, 1919 and The Big Money Episode Two: Janey Williams, Eveline Hutchins, Richard Savage, Daughter. Janey Williams's fate becomes tangled with that of Moorehouse. Eveline Hutchins shows us her side of the story. Daughter is a spoilt Texan belle with a wild tomboy streak. Richard Savage is a young man in a hurry. With the end of the war, as the Paris peace conference exerts its pull, we see how their lives collide. Cast: John Ward Moorehouse - Tom Bateman Eleanor Stoddard - Tanya Reynolds Eveline Hutchins - Hannah Genesius Janey Williams - Sheila Atim Richard Savage - Luke Thallon Daughter (Anne Elizabeth) - Kelly Burke Jack Washburn - Christopher Ragland Bud - Gabriel Freilich Gertrude Staple - Laurel Lefkow Jerry Burnham - Will Howard Freddy Sergeant - Calam Lynch Other parts played by members of the company. Producer / Director - Fiona McAlpine Sound Design & Music Arrangement - Lucinda Mason Brown Production Manager - Lucy Barter Broadcast Assistant - Georgia Brown An Allegra production for BBC Radio 4 USA is John Dos Passos's masterpiece, an epic saga of American life from boom to bust. Classic titles that influenced and characterised the Jazz Age of the 1920s. | |
| 02 | Episode Two | 20201025 | 20240113 (R4) | USA is an epic saga following a group of characters through the opening decades of the 20th century, in a grand sweep that takes us from post-war boom to Great Depression bust. It has modernist flair, a sharp social eye, and a profound humanity. We follow key individuals, drawn from all walks of life, as their paths cross to creating a complex and moving tapestry of American society. One by one, we are introduced to the players, and we learn about each in depth from infancy to maturity. We see them growing up, negotiating adolescence, looking for love and finding their place in the world, meeting each other as fortune dictates, and following their destiny to success or failure. Dramatised by Robin Brooks from John Dos Passos's USA trilogy: The 42nd Parallel, 1919 and The Big Money Episode Two: Janey Williams, Eveline Hutchins, Richard Savage, Daughter. Janey Williams's fate becomes tangled with that of Moorehouse. Eveline Hutchins shows us her side of the story. Daughter is a spoilt Texan belle with a wild tomboy streak. Richard Savage is a young man in a hurry. With the end of the war, as the Paris peace conference exerts its pull, we see how their lives collide. Cast: John Ward Moorehouse - Tom Bateman Eleanor Stoddard - Tanya Reynolds Eveline Hutchins - Hannah Genesius Janey Williams - Sheila Atim Richard Savage - Luke Thallon Daughter (Anne Elizabeth) - Kelly Burke Jack Washburn - Christopher Ragland Bud - Gabriel Freilich Gertrude Staple - Laurel Lefkow Jerry Burnham - Will Howard Freddy Sergeant - Calam Lynch Other parts played by members of the company. Producer / Director - Fiona McAlpine Sound Design & Music Arrangement - Lucinda Mason Brown Production Manager - Lucy Barter Broadcast Assistant - Georgia Brown An Allegra production for BBC Radio 4 USA is John Dos Passos's masterpiece, an epic saga of American life from boom to bust. Classic titles that influenced and characterised the Jazz Age of the 1920s. USA is an epic saga by John Dos Passos, following the interwoven storylines of a fascinating group of disparate characters at the beginning of the 20th century. |
| 03 | Episode Three | 20201101 | USA is an epic saga following a group of characters through the opening decades of the 20th century, in a grand sweep that takes us from post-war boom to Great Depression bust. It has modernist flair, a sharp social eye, and a profound humanity. We follow key individuals, drawn from all walks of life, as their paths cross to creating a complex and moving tapestry of American society. One by one, we are introduced to the players, and we learn about each in depth from infancy to maturity. We see them growing up, negotiating adolescence, looking for love and finding their place in the world, meeting each other as fortune dictates, and following their destiny to success or failure. Dramatised by Robin Brooks from John Dos Passos's USA trilogy: The 42nd Parallel, 1919 and The Big Money. Episode Three: Margo Dowling, Charley Anderson, Richard Savage. Margo Dowling is a would-be actress, Charley Anderson is a working-man turned war hero, and Richard Savage is now Moorehouse's right-hand man on Madison Avenue. The Twenties are beginning to roar, as the fates of all the characters we have met are resolved for good or ill. Cast: John Ward Moorehouse - Tom Bateman Eveline Hutchins - Hannah Genesius Janey Williams - Sheila Atim Richard Savage - Luke Thallon Margo Dowling - Genevieve Gaunt Charley Anderson - Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong Agnes - Laurel Lefkow Frank / Doctor - Eric Meyers Tony Garrido - Jacob Fortune-Lloyd Sam Margolies/ Jerry - Will Howard Mo Askew..... Christopher Ragland Tad Whittlesea..... Gabriel Freilich Nat Benton - Calam Lynch Doc Bingham - Robert G.Slade Myra Bingham - Lily Lefkow-Green Althea Bingham - Georgia Brown Other parts played by members of the company. Producer / Director - Fiona McAlpine Sound Design & Music Arrangement - Lucinda Mason Brown Production Manager - Lucy Barter An Allegra production for BBC Radio 4 USA is John Dos Passos's masterpiece, an epic saga of American life from boom to bust. Classic titles that influenced and characterised the Jazz Age of the 1920s. | |
| 03 | Episode Three | 20201101 | 20240120 (R4) | USA is an epic saga following a group of characters through the opening decades of the 20th century, in a grand sweep that takes us from post-war boom to Great Depression bust. It has modernist flair, a sharp social eye, and a profound humanity. We follow key individuals, drawn from all walks of life, as their paths cross to creating a complex and moving tapestry of American society. One by one, we are introduced to the players, and we learn about each in depth from infancy to maturity. We see them growing up, negotiating adolescence, looking for love and finding their place in the world, meeting each other as fortune dictates, and following their destiny to success or failure. Dramatised by Robin Brooks from John Dos Passos's USA trilogy: The 42nd Parallel, 1919 and The Big Money. Episode Three: Margo Dowling, Charley Anderson, Richard Savage. Margo Dowling is a would-be actress, Charley Anderson is a working-man turned war hero, and Richard Savage is now Moorehouse's right-hand man on Madison Avenue. The Twenties are beginning to roar, as the fates of all the characters we have met are resolved for good or ill. Cast: John Ward Moorehouse - Tom Bateman Eveline Hutchins - Hannah Genesius Janey Williams - Sheila Atim Richard Savage - Luke Thallon Margo Dowling - Genevieve Gaunt Charley Anderson - Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong Agnes - Laurel Lefkow Frank / Doctor - Eric Meyers Tony Garrido - Jacob Fortune-Lloyd Sam Margolies/ Jerry - Will Howard Mo Askew..... Christopher Ragland Tad Whittlesea..... Gabriel Freilich Nat Benton - Calam Lynch Doc Bingham - Robert G.Slade Myra Bingham - Lily Lefkow-Green Althea Bingham - Georgia Brown Other parts played by members of the company. Producer / Director - Fiona McAlpine Sound Design & Music Arrangement - Lucinda Mason Brown Production Manager - Lucy Barter An Allegra production for BBC Radio 4 USA is John Dos Passos's masterpiece, an epic saga of American life from boom to bust. Classic titles that influenced and characterised the Jazz Age of the 1920s. USA is an epic saga by John Dos Passos, following the interwoven storylines of a fascinating group of disparate characters at the beginning of the 20th century. |