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Hec by Graham Swannell

Now 87 and living in a home, old soldier Hector thinks back to a former love and the Battle of the Somme. Stars Bill Fraser.

Now aged 87 and living in a home, old soldier Hector is wheeled into Richmond Park on fine days.

There he remembers the Battle of the Somme back in 1916, and a young girl called Ethel.

Bill Fraser stars as Hector.

Written by Graham Swannell.

Producer: John Tydeman

First broadcast in Thirty Minute Theatre on BBC Radio 4 in November 1985.

30 minutes

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Next Thursday 15:00
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