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The Jethro Tree

Ed Reardon's WeekSeries 14
Episode 3 of 6

Ed turns activist when he joins his daughter Eli on a protest to save an ancient oak tree. Stars Christopher Douglas. From 2021.

Ed revisits an old haunt when his daughter, Eli, asks him to join her and her fellow protestors at The Blackstone Oak, an ancient tree threatened by the HS2 network.

Things take a complicated twist when Jaz turns up to shoot a promotional film for the development, Ed is approached to be the face of the film, and the lead protestor turns out not to be who she says she is.

Written by Andrew Nickolds and Christopher Douglas.

Ed Reardon …. Christopher Douglas
Eli …. Lisa Coleman
Ping …. Barunka O’Shaughnessy
Spike …. Kathryn Drysdale
Jaz Milvain .… Philip Jackson
Frank …. Simon Greenall
Geoff/Cliff …. Dan Tetsell
Bernice …. Nicola Sanderson

Producer: Dawn Ellis

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2021.

28 minutes

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Sun 13 Sep 202623:00
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