BBC R4 - Hattie Naylor's 'J'accuse'
Inspired by Emile Zola's article
Directed by Pauline Harris
Broadcast June 13, 2009
Coded from a digital source at 128/44.1

The Dreyfus Affair.

In 1894 in France Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish
artillery officer, was found guilty of treason
and sentenced to life on Devil's Island, a
prison colony.

In 1896 evidence surfaced that cleared Dreyfus.
But he was not released from Devil's Island.

In 1898 Emile Zola published his now famous
newspaper article 'J'accuse' in which he said
that the establishment's anti-semitism was
responsible for keeping an innocent man in gaol.

Zola was forced to flee France.

In 1899 Dreyfrus was retried. Found guilty. Then
pardoned. Free but still officially a traitor. A
campaign to exonerate him ensued.

In 1906 Dreyfus was reinstated in the military.

Cast
Dominique - Kathryn Hunt
Arnaud - Graeme Hawley
Zola - Conrad Nelson
Louis - Mark Heap
Eugene - Paul Mundell
Dreyfus - Paul Mundell
Gustav - Jonathan Keeble
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