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Warhorses of Letters: Complete Series 1-3

The Poignant BBC Radio 4 Comedy

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Warhorses of Letters: Complete Series 1-3

By: Marie Phillips
Narrated by: Daniel Rigby, full cast, Stephen Fry, Tamsin Greig
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Stephen Fry, Daniel Rigby and Tamsin Greig star in all three series of the poignant BBC Radio 4 comedy drama.

Warhorses of Letters is the world's finest and best-loved equine, military, epistolary romance, comprising the newly discovered love letters between two horses united by passion but cruelly divided by conflict.

Set against the sweeping backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, these 12 episodes introduce us to Copenhagen, the Duke of Wellington's frisky young racehorse, and his hero, Marengo, the seasoned, famous and just-a-little-bit-short mount of Emperor Napoleon.

From the early days of the Peninsular Campaign to the Battle of Waterloo and its aftermath, we follow our horse heroes as their romance blossoms, their fortunes fluctuate and uncertainty and jealousy put strains on their burgeoning relationship. Can they ever be truly together, or are they doomed to remain sundered by fate?

Written by Robert Hudson and Marie Phillips, this moving, surreal comedy stars Stephen Fry as Marengo and Daniel Rigby as Copenhagen, with Tamsin Greig as the narrator. Totally unique and utterly entertaining, it will appeal to all lovers of horses, history and humour.

Duration: 2 hours, 50 mins approx.

©2016 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2016 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd Fiction Historical Fiction Comedy Romance
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It was great until post-Waterloo where it all just went stupid. And by stupid, I mean REALLY stupid. Can deal with horses writing love letters, but not horses writing novels.

Really good until the war was over

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This work is an unadulterated genius. If only there were more, we can but hope.

Brilliant

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