Pier Productions, who are a major independent supplier of radio drama, had successfully pitched to the BBC to serialise part of the diaries for their Afternoon Reading programme; the dates are Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11 (Remembrance Day) and Thursday 12 November 2009 at 3.30pm on Radio 4. This grew out of the item about Edie on the BBC's Making History programme in November 2008 and I was delighted that the same actor, Rachel Atkins, was to be the voice of Edie.

Rachel's readings were perfect and the production team were so meticulous with the script and respectful of the original text. Listening to Edie's words spoken so beautifully was an emotional experience not just for me but for the production team as well.  The extracts cover not only the harrowing experiences Edie describes on a daily basis but also include several moments of humour and give a good insight into the strong personality which sustained her through the five years she spent behind the front lines and at hospitals on the French coast.  Edie was not demobilised until December 1919 having been appointed, in February 1919, to the staff of Dame Maud McCarthy, Matron in Chief, at Boulogne.