16-20 July 1918

The fifth omnibus of Season 14, Needs Must When the Devil Drives, set in Devon, in the week, in 1918, when the Board of Agriculture reported an increase in German PoW farm workers from 800 to 10,000. Cast

Victor Lumley ..... Joel MacCormack

Isabel Graham ..... Keely Beresford

Howard Argent ..... Gunnar Cauthery

Elspeth Taverner ..... Kelly Williams

Kitty Lumley ..... Ami Metcalf

Klaus Hofstadter ..... Atilla Akinci

Hetty Cox ..... Adie Allen

Daniel Marriott ..... Jonathan Bailey

Juliet Cavendish ..... Lizzie Bourne

Howard Argent ..... ..... Gunnar Cauthery

Sylvia Graham ..... Joanna David

Silas Morrow ..... Shaun Dooley

Arthur Hurst ..... Mark Heap

Isaac Cox ..... James Lailey

Rose Fairweather ..... Helen Longworth

Victor Lumley ..... Joel MacCormack

Betty Newcombe ..... Annie McKenzie

Cora Gidley ..... Joanna Monro

Adeline Lumley ..... Helen Schlesinger

Dieter Lippke ..... Joe Sims

Mrs Ferrier ..... Jane Slavin

Effie Taverner ..... Lizzie Stables

Charles Summer ..... Rufus Wright

Connie Cavendish ..... Darcey Brown

Grace Cavendish ..... Grace Doherty

Peter Lumley ..... Beatrice White Written by Katie Hims

Story-led by Sebastian Baczkiewicz

Directed by Jessica Dromgoole Sound: Martha Littlehailes

Composer: Matthew Strachan

Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.