Episodes
Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
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01 | 20230130 | Jot Davies (Narrator) Fenella Woolgar (Delia Kiernan) In September 1943, German forces occupied Rome, but not the neutral state of Vatican City. |
02 | 20230131 | Jot Davies (Narrator) Aidan Kelly (Father Hugh O'Flaherty) Christmas 1943, Father Hugh O'Flaherty writes his last Will and Testament. |
03 | 20230201 | Joseph Balderamma (Enzo) Jot Davies (Narrator) David Holt (Sir D'Arcy) An Italian newspaper vendor tells how he joined the choir. Their day of action looms. |
04 | 20230202 | Ben Onwukwe (John May) Jot Davies (Narrator) The choir prepares for action. Their operation or rendimento is set for Christmas Eve. |
05 | 20230203 | Jot Davies (Narrator) Fenella Woolgar (Marianna de Vries) David Holt (German official) Singing was the least important aspect of the choir's activities. |
06 | 20230206 | Jot Davies (Narrator) Joseph Balderamma (Enzo) Christmas Eve 1943 finds Father Hugh entering the maze of tunnels beneath the Vatican. |
07 | 20230207 | David Holt Sam Derry Jot Davies (Narrator) Fenella Woolgar (Marianna De Vries) Ben Onwukwe (John May) Twenty years after the events of Christmas Eve 1943, Sam Derry is interviewed by the BBC. |
08 | 20230208 | David Holt (Sir D'Arcy) Jot Davies (Narrator) Fenella Woolgar (Delia Kiernan) The British Ambassador looks back on his role in the Rome Escape Line. |
09 | 20230209 | Jot Davies (Narrator) Christmas Eve 1943, the Gestapo Chief in Rome is at his residence in the countryside. |
10 | 20230210 | Aidan Kelly (Father Hugh O'Flaherty) Clare Corbett (Contessa Giovanna Landini) Years after the events of Christmas 1943, some of the members of the choir are reunited. |