Revolutionary, author, pirate, drinker and sometime maker of ladies corsets, Tom Paine was a 37 year old bankrupt when he sailed the ocean and lit the fuse of the American Revolution. From the alehouses of England to the battlefields of America and the blood soaked streets of Paris, Paine tells his own amazing story with the help of an original score and a cast of thousands. "We have it in our power to begin the World over again!" A production of The Audio Ballads.
Episodes
Monday Sep 14, 2020
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Paine encounters the dark heart of America and lights a beacon for liberty...
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Friday Sep 18, 2020
Friday Sep 18, 2020
Inspired by events in France, Tom comes home to liberate England. But the establishment have other ideas...
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Inspired by events across the Channel, Tom crosses to France to play his part in the Revolution. But the guillotine soon begins to cast its ominous shadow...
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
In the final episode, Tom sails home to an America that looks very different to the one he left fifteen years before.
Tuesday Oct 05, 2021
Wednesday Oct 13, 2021