| From BBC Radio 4 Extra. Written by Michael Morpurgo; Full-cast dramatisation starring Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn and Bob Hoskins; Dramatised by John Tams and Sally Ward.
Sold to a drunken farmer, Joey, a beautiful red-bay foal with a distinctive cross on his nose, finds a friend in the farmer's son, Albert. His father brutally demands Joey work or be sold, so Albert gently trains him to pull the plough. But it's not enough. When war breaks out, Albert's father, needy for money for his struggling farm, sells Joey to the army, where he, like the soldiers around him, must try to cope with the horrors of the First World War.. |
