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The Slide-Rule Engineer

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Stewart Love
with Mark Mulholland as the slide-rule engineer

John Irwin is only 48, yet the world of the 1940s and 50s in which he was born and brought up seems to have vanished. That is the world he belonged to, and trying to cope with the uncertainties of the 80s is not easy.

BBC Northern Ireland
(Stereo)

Contributors

Writer:
Stewart Love
Director:
Jeremy Howe
The slide-rule engineer (John Irwin):
Mark Mulholland
Father:
Martin Maguire
Mother:
Aingeal Grehan
Young John:
Owen McCrossan
Preacher:
Denys Hawthorne
Uncle Andy:
George Shane
Teacher:
Libby Smyth
Irene:
Stella McCusker
Boss:
Patrick Brannigan
Mary:
Tracey Lynch
Young Mary:
Katey Gledhill
Source: Radio Times

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