Summary
Writer: Keri Davies
Director: Marina Caldarone
Editor: Jeremy Howe
28th September - 3rd October
Brian Aldridge.... Charles Collingwood
Pip Archer.... Daisy Badger
Alice Carter.... Hollie Chapman
Ian Craig.... Stephen Kennedy
Ruairi Donovan.... Arthur Hughes
Justin Elliott.... Simon Williams
Amber Gordon.... Charlotte Jordan
Ed Grundy.... Barry Farrimond
Emma Grundy.... Emerald O'Hanrahan
George Grundy.... Angus Stobie
Brad Horrobin.... Taylor Uttley
Alistair Lloyd.... Michael Lumsden
Paul Mack.... Joshua Riley
Adam Macy.... Andrew Wincott
Kirsty Miller.... Annabelle Dowler
Stella Pryor.... Lucy Speed
Prison Officer.... Janice Connolly
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Afghanistan, January 2007. |
| 0:11.0 | We felt there were Taliban fighters coming through this complex called Jigramport. |
| 0:16.0 | A military operation that did not go to plan. |
| 0:19.0 | It was the most intense far far I've ever been in. |
| 0:22.5 | What we need to do is cut off the snake's head. |
| 0:25.3 | And a daring rescue attempt that defied belief, told by the soldiers who were there. |
| 0:30.6 | Right, I'm about to sit on a helicopter and fly into a Taliban fort. |
| 0:34.8 | The Fort, listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:38.8 | You're listening to Friday's episode of The Archers from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:43.8 | Music What time's at night? |
| 1:04.4 | Uh, one o'clock. |
| 1:07.2 | It's always a bit quieter in the middle of the day. |
| 1:09.8 | It'll pick up again about three when people are checking in. |
| 1:12.2 | Maybe I could slip away to my office for a bit. I don't think Dane would like that if you caught you. Look, I'm not a naughty schoolboy Mitching off. He was very clear, Ian. We have to shadow a full shift, so you get to see all aspects of the job. I know. And that it's really important for the senior staff to set an example for everyone else. |
| 1:29.9 | There's just a lot... so you get to see all aspects of the job. I know. And that it's really important for the senior staff |
| 1:28.4 | to set an example for everyone else. |
| 1:30.0 | There's just a lot I've got to do that's more important, though. |
| 1:34.1 | Is there? Really? |
| 1:36.1 | What do you mean, Brad? |
| 1:37.7 | I'm not saying your job's not important, |
| 1:40.0 | but after reception, |
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