Warhorses of Letters, Series 3
by Marie Phillips & Robert Hudson (BBC 4, 2014)
On the one hoof, Marengo and Copenhagen’s correspondence lingers on a bit too long after Waterloo, their oft-fractious relationship less appealing when divorced from historical context. On the other hoof, their love story does come to a fitting and quite moving end.
Warhorses of Letters, Series 2
by Marie Phillips & Robert Hudson (BBC 4, 2012)
A slighter affair than Series 1, though not objectively all that different (so perhaps just shorn of some novelty value). The historical allusions do seem fewer, the scripts favouring Marengo and Copenhagen’s relationship troubles. Humorous horse names continue to prove a highlight!
Warhorses of Letters, Series 1
by Marie Phillips & Robert Hudson (BBC 4, 2011)
Radio comedy purporting to present romantic correspondence between the warhorses, respectively, of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington! The humour is rapid-fire and erudite, based on historical allusions, equine anthropomorphism and Anglo-French disparities. Daniel Rigby and Stephen Fry voice the horses.