The Citadel Series 6 by AJ Cronin. BBC RADIO DRAMA

An epic BBC Radio drama series set in the Welsh valleys, about medical life before the NHS.

Based on AJ Cronin’s award-winning 1937 novel of the same name, which partly inspired Nye Bevan to create the NHS, this gripping drama centres on Andrew Manson, a newly trained GP in 1920s Wales.

Young and idealistic, he is full of enthusiasm when he first arrives in the small mining village of Drineffy, where he is to work as assistant to the elderly Dr Page. But he soon encounters corruption, apathy and appalling medical practices, and becomes determined to storm the citadel of the medical establishment and make a difference.

In these collected episodes, he befriends the cynical Dr Denny and helps him to deal with a typhoid epidemic; meets the love of his life, Christine; performs a remarkable doctoring feat in a crisis; takes a new job in a larger town; becomes caught up in the 1926 miners’ strike – and makes a desperate attempt to save the life of someone close to him…

Adapted from Cronin’s novel by scriptwriter Christopher Reason, this compelling drama about a dedicated doctor developing his career and family life against the backdrop of a country undergoing significant change.

Episode 1 00:00
Dr Andrew Manson and his wife Christine are expecting a big event.

Return of the medical drama set in the 1920s before the creation of the UK's National Health Service.

Based on AJ Cronin's groundbreaking novel.

Written by Christopher Reason.

Dr Manson ...... George Blagden
Dr Denny ...... Julian Lewis Jones
Christine ...... Catrin Stewart
Angharad ...... Jeanette Percival

Director: Gary Brown

Producers: Pauline Harris & Gary Brown

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2019.

Episode 2 13:22
Christine is ill.

Manson and Denny are very concerned

Medical drama set in the 1920s before the creation of the UK's National Health Service.

Based on AJ Cronin's groundbreaking novel.

Written by Christopher Reason.

Dr Manson ...... George Blagden
Dr Denny ...... Julian Lewis Jones
Christine ...... Catrin Stewart
Cerys ...... Jeanette Percival

Director: Gary Brown

Producers: Pauline Harris & Gary Brown

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2019.

Episode 3 26:50
A brutal solution has been applied to Christine's situation. Manson and Denny are appalled.

Meanwhile Manson finds out about Cerys's family situation.

Medical drama set in the 1920s before the creation of the UK's National Health Service.

Based on AJ Cronin's groundbreaking novel.

Written by Christopher Reason.

Dr Manson ...... George Blagden
Dr Denny ...... Julian Lewis Jones
Christine ...... Catrin Stewart
Cerys/Myfanwy ...... Jeanette Percival
Pritchard ...... Stephen Marzella
Rev James ...... John Branwell

Director: Gary Brown

Producers: Pauline Harris & Gary Brown

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2019.

Episode 4 40:13
Denny and Manson bring Christine back home.

Medical drama set in the 1920s before the creation of the UK's National Health Service.

Based on AJ Cronin's groundbreaking novel.

Written by Christopher Reason.

Dr Manson ...... George Blagden
Dr Denny ...... Julian Lewis Jones
Pritchard ...... Stephen Marzella

Director: Gary Brown

Producers: Pauline Harris & Gary Brown

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2019.

Episode 5 53:26
Denny and Manson are brought to court.

Medical drama set in the 1920s before the creation of the UK's National Health Service.

Based on AJ Cronin's groundbreaking novel.

Written by Christopher Reason.

Dr Denny ...... Julian Lewis Jones
Dr Manson ...... George Blagden
Christine ...... Catrin Stewart
Pritchard ...... Stephen Marzella
Judge Maddox ...... John Branwell

Director: Gary Brown

Producers: Pauline Harris & Gary Brown

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2019.

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