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If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day

If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day

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DramaWar

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A partly dramatised account of the lives of four Allied servicemen ahead of D-Day, the programme told their story through their final letters home before the assault.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

47 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

01 June 2014

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Matthew Macfadyen

Matthew Macfadyen

Narrator (voice)

Charlotte Hamblin

Charlotte Hamblin

Elisabeth Bannerman

Tom Rhys Harries

Tom Rhys Harries

Maurice Hardstaff

Ben Lamb

Ben Lamb

Alastair Bannerman

Seamus Morrison

Seamus Morrison

Glen Dickin

Samuel West

Samuel West

Norman Skinner

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