Drama on 3: MincemeatSeries 1, episode 0Adrian Jackson and Farhana Sheikh's adaptation of their Second World War play, originally written for performing arts charity Cardboard Citizens. The work is based on a true story of wartime deception, through which the Allies made the Germans believe that they would open a second front in Europe in 1943 through Sardinia. The deception involved a corpse whose identity was a state secret, known only to the originator of the operation, who took the secret to his grave. With Ifan Meredith, Robert Gillespie, Ester Escolano, Jo Galbraith, Nick Khan, Jake Goode, Neil Boorman, Patrick Onione, Dave Rogers, Ben Smithies and Sylvia Larry. Directed by Adrian Jackson Click to see when Drama on 3, Mincemeat is coming up on UK TV |
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