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Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes

Musical drama about a recently widowed woman who realises that the happiest days of her life were spent playing in a swing band during the Second World War.

A chance encounter with the band's drummer sets in motion the greatest adventure of her life, as the two attempt to reunite the band for one last performance.

Last on

Thu 29 Jul 2010 21:25 BBC Four

Credits

Elizabeth
Judi Dench
Patrick
Ian Holm
Madeleine
Leslie Caron
Dinah
Olympia Dukakis
Gwen
Cleo Laine
Betty
Joan Sims
Evelyn
Billie Whitelaw
Annie
June Whitfield
Vera
Thelma Ruby
Joanna
Millie Findlay
Edward
Nicholas Pallister
Leslie
Valentine Pelka
Carol
Carla Mackinnon
Paul
Dom Chapman
Hibbert
John Warnaby
McNab
James Cosmo
Young Elizabeth
Romola Garai
Young Betty
Saskia Vale
Young Vera
Clemency Burton-Hill
Young Patrick
Grant Ibbs
Director
Gillies MacKinnon
Producer
Su Armstrong
Writer
Alan Plater

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