The Nutcracker Christmas

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It's Christmas Eve in Moscow and Natalia is in trouble for cutting characters out of her picture books. Her family go to the Bolshoi Ballet and she must stay behind. But left alone with Grandpa Igor, Natalia finds that the story of the Nutcracker can be brought to life at home, with a little help from some abandoned characters and her own imagination. Festive drama written by Nicholas McInerny. With Bernard Hepton and Stella Gonet. Igor .... Bernard Hepton Anna .... Stella Gonet Natalia .... Siriol Jenkins Young Igor .... Ashley Bird Clara .... Deborah Berlin Boris .... Patrick Brennan Dmitri .... Richard Pearce Victoria .... Melanie Walters Grigori .... Richard Tate Drosselmeyer .... Ivor Roberts Mouse King .... David Bannerman Tchaikovsky's music realised by Matthew Bailey and Stewart Lucas Director: Alison Hindell First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1995.