Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20200106 | By Adrian Bean The first episode in a brand new 10-part audio drama series marking the 400 year anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. A gripping story about one family's journey into the unknown. What do you do when your beliefs are condemned by the rest of society? Sarah Hargreaves doesn't share her husband Matthew's desire to join the Puritan exiles, but when their son Benjamin is arrested on a trumped-up charge they have little choice but to go. Things go rapidly from bad to worse, and they decide to leave everything behind. Hoping to find peace and like minded souls in a new religious community in America, they spend everything they have left on a ticket to sail on the Mayflower. CAST Sarah Hargreaves - Louise Brealey Matthew Hargreaves - Trystan Gravelle Ben - Joel MacCormack Elizabeth - Megan McInerney Reverend Kerswell - Marc Danbury Directed by John Norton A BBC Cymru Wales Production New series marking the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. By Adrian Bean. Gripping new series about one family's journey into the unknown aboard the Mayflower. |
| 02 | 20200107 | By Adrian Bean Episode 2 in a new 10-part audio drama series marking the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. A gripping story about one family's journey into the unknown. Fleeing religious persecution, Sarah Hargreaves and her family have risked everything to escape across the ocean, but when they get to Southampton, the Mayflower has already sailed. Finally they manage to get on board at Plymouth, and though Matthew Hargreaves believes it is God's will that has saved them, Sarah knows it is her own wily determination. That and the help of a kind sailor called Saul. Safely aboard ship their adventure really begins. But conditions are cramped, and their daughter Elizabeth is very sick. CAST Sarah Hargreaves - Louise Brealey Matthew Hargreaves - Trystan Gravelle Ben - Joel MacCormack Elizabeth - Megan McInerney Saul Tregarron - Matthew Gravelle Captain Jones - John Cording Directed by John Norton A BBC Cymru Wales Production New series marking the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. By Adrian Bean. Gripping new series about one family's journey into the unknown aboard the Mayflower. |
| 03 | 20200108 | By Adrian Bean Episode 3 in a new 10-part audio drama series marking the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. A gripping story about one family's journey into the unknown. Halfway across the vast Atlantic, there is no turning back for the exiled Pilgrims. Storms blast the ship, supplies are running short and passengers are dying. Sarah discovers Elizabeth's secret. The exhausted crew on the Mayflower finally catch sight of land. But it is not Virginia, they have been blown off course, so they try to turn south and fail. Ben and the other men go onshore and return with fresh water, game and some corn they have stolen from the Native Americans' winter stores. Ben is beginning to grow into his new life, but for Matthew, Saul is becoming a problem. CAST Sarah Hargreaves - Louise Brealey Matthew Hargreaves - Trystan Gravelle Ben - Joel MacCormack Elizabeth - Megan McInerney Saul Tregarron - Matthew Gravelle Captain Jones - John Cording Ghost Sailor - Marc Danbury Directed by John Norton A BBC Cymru Wales Production New series marking the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. By Adrian Bean. Gripping new series about one family's journey into the unknown aboard the Mayflower. |
| 04 | 20200109 | By Adrian Bean Episode 4 in a new 10-part audio drama series marking the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. A gripping story about one family's journey into the unknown. The Pilgrims have arrived in America but they are still stuck on board the cramped ship until the winter has passed. Matthew and Ben are building a house on the land by day. Elizabeth is beginning to show. When the house is finally finished they leave the ship ready to begin their new lives. Then the snows begin to melt, the valley floods and Elizabeth breaks the news of her baby to her father. CAST Sarah Hargreaves - Louise Brealey Matthew Hargreaves - Trystan Gravelle Ben - Joel MacCormack Elizabeth - Megan McInerney Saul Tregarron - Matthew Gravelle Woman - Ashleigh Haddad Directed by John Norton A BBC Cymru Wales Production New series marking the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. By Adrian Bean. Gripping new series about one family's journey into the unknown aboard the Mayflower. |
| 05 | 20200110 | By Adrian Bean Episode 5 in a new 10-part audio drama series marking the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. A gripping story about one family's journey into the unknown. Sarah and her family are picking up the pieces of their lives once again after the flood, but the community rallies round to help them rebuild. Matthew, desperate to see a reason for God's punishment, accuses Saul of raping Elizabeth and making her pregnant. Sarah comes to Saul's defence and is condemned as an adulteress. Native Americans arrive with a gift and Elizabeth goes into labour. Sarah Hargreaves - Louise Brealey Matthew Hargreaves - Trystan Gravelle Ben - Joel MacCormack Elizabeth - Megan McInerney Saul Tregarron - Matthew Gravelle Captain Jones - John Cording Directed by John Norton A BBC Cymru Wales Production New series marking the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. By Adrian Bean. Gripping new series about one family's journey into the unknown aboard the Mayflower. |
| 06 | 20200113 | By Adrian Bean Episode 6 in a new 10-part audio drama series marking the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. A gripping story about one family's journey into the unknown. Elizabeth gives birth to a baby girl, Native Americans turn up at the compound to find out how long the colonists plan to stay, Sarah is released from the stocks and something is gnawing at Ben's conscience. CAST Sarah Hargreaves - Louise Brealey Matthew Hargreaves - Trystan Gravelle Ben - Joel MacCormack Elizabeth - Megan McInerney Saul Tregarron - Matthew Gravelle Captain Jones - John Cording Samoset - Daniel Taylor Directed by John Norton A BBC Cymru Wales Production New series marking the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. By Adrian Bean. Gripping new series about one family's journey into the unknown aboard the Mayflower. |
| 07 | 20200114 | By Adrian Bean Episode 7 in a new 10-part audio drama series marking the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. A gripping story about one family's journey into the unknown. Ben has disappeared - probably gone to the Wampanoag village to try and ease his conscience. A search party is formed and they plunge deep into the forest. When they find him, Saul rescues Ben from a waterfall and Matthew saves Sarah from the clutches of bear, but it's not enough to save their marriage. Sarah Hargreaves - Louise Brealey Matthew Hargreaves - Trystan Gravelle Ben - Joel MacCormack Elizabeth - Megan McInerney Saul Tregarron - Matthew Gravelle Captain Jones - John Cording Directed by John Norton A BBC Cymru Wales Production New series marking the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. By Adrian Bean. Gripping new series about one family's journey into the unknown aboard the Mayflower. |
| 08 | 20200115 | By Adrian Bean Episode 8 in a new 10-part audio drama series marking the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. A gripping story about one family's journey into the unknown. It's almost Easter. Elizabeth and Sarah brave the wrath of the community and bring the baby out on market day. Matthew is furious but they defy him and insist that she is baptised. Elizabeth names her Grace. Sarah is falling for Saul, and Ben has found out. Sarah Hargreaves - Louise Brealey Matthew Hargreaves - Trystan Gravelle Ben - Joel MacCormack Elizabeth - Megan McInerney Saul Tregarron - Matthew Gravelle Minister - Marc Danbury Directed by John Norton A BBC Cymru Wales Production New series marking the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. By Adrian Bean. Gripping new series about one family's journey into the unknown aboard the Mayflower. |
| 09 | 20200116 | By Adrian Bean Episode 9 in a new 10-part audio drama series marking the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. A gripping story about one family's journey into the unknown. Chickens are disappearing from the coop at night. Ben is beginning to accept his mum's love for Saul. Sarah and Saul watch together at night to catch the chicken thief, and when it comes, it's not a fox - it's a boy - a half starved boy from the Wampanoag village. Saul and Ben decide to take him home, but when they arrive the village has been destroyed by 'white mans disease' - and Saul's past begins to catch up with him. Sarah Hargreaves - Louise Brealey Matthew Hargreaves - Trystan Gravelle Ben - Joel MacCormack Elizabeth - Megan McInerney Saul Tregarron - Matthew Gravelle Captain Jones - John Cording Blackbird - Ashleigh Haddad Directed by John Norton A BBC Cymru Wales Production New series marking the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. By Adrian Bean. Gripping new series about one family's journey into the unknown aboard the Mayflower. |
| 10 | 20200117 | By Adrian Bean The final episode in a new 10-part audio drama series marking the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. A gripping story about one family's journey into the unknown. The crew of the Mayflower are preparing for a return voyage to England. Sarah makes a plan with Elizabeth to escape from Matthew and his 'New Jerusalem' and sail back to England with Saul. But there's something Saul hasn't told her. He's married to a woman from the Wampanoag tribe, and the boy they found helping himself to chickens is his son. CAST Sarah Hargreaves - Louise Brealey Matthew Hargreaves - Trystan Gravelle Ben - Joel MacCormack Elizabeth - Megan McInerney Saul Tregarron - Matthew Gravelle Captain Jones - John Cording Blackbird - Ashleigh Haddad Directed by John Norton A BBC Cymru Wales Production New series marking the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. By Adrian Bean. Gripping new series about one family's journey into the unknown aboard the Mayflower. |