Jacker and Baker

Wireless Theatre Ltd Audio Drama

Jacker and Baker

Apr 26 2020 | 00:29:38

00:00 / 00:29:38

Show Notes

Two students, Arnold Nugent Strode Strode-Jackson and Philip John Noel-Baker, became lifelong friends when they were unexpectedly chosen to represent Britain at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. One became a war hero, awarded the DSO and three Bars and becoming the youngest Brigadier-General in the British Army. The other created the Friends Ambulance Unit, served in WW1 and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Other Episodes

Episode 0

April 18, 2020 • 00:17:28

Shakespeare Key Scenes - Macbeth

Key scenes from Macbeth, on the theme 'How does power change people?'

Episode 0

April 27, 2020 • 01:28:20

Peace and War

Peace and War explores the extraordinary life of Evelyn, who at the start of WW1 went to France to nurse injured soldiers at the...

Episode 0

May 02, 2020 • 00:58:45

The Ballad of C3.3

The Ballad of C3.3. Oscar Wilde was incarcerated in Reading after being convicted of homosexual offences in 1895 and sentenced to two years’ hard...