A Tale of Two Cities: Aleppo and London

A Tale of Two Cities: Aleppo and London

A modern-day reworking by Ayeesha Menon of Charles Dickens' iconic story of love, revolution and redemption, made for BBC Radio 4. The chance resemblance between a feckless lawyer and a troubled exile, both in love with the same woman, is updated to modern-day London and war-torn Syria.

Starring Fatima Adoum, Lara Sawalha, Phil Davis, Khalid Abdalla & Shaun Parkes. Sound Design, Eloise Whitmore; Producer, Emma Hearn; Executive Producer, Gill Parry; Directed by Polly Thomas.

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