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Classic Serial: Precious Bane

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Mary Webb 's heart-rending love story, set in Shropshire in the early 19th century, dramatised in two parts by Beatrice Colin. 1: Prue Sarn is born "hare shotten" and it is this hare lip that is her "precious bane". She is torn between loyalty to her recklessly ambitious brother Gideon, and a deep unexpressed love for the weaver KesterWoodseaves.
Music by Kate Rusby and John McCusker
Director Gaynor Macfarlane Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Webb
Unknown:
Beatrice Colin.
Unknown:
Prue Sarn
Music By:
Kate Rusby
Music By:
John McCusker
Director:
Gaynor MacFarlane
Jancis:
Louise Breckon-Richards
Tiwy:
Laura Doddington
Kester:
Owen Teale
Prue:
Julia Ford
Gideon:
Tom Goodman-Hill
Mrs Beguildy:
Helen Schlesinger
Mother:
Maggie Steed
Beguildy:
Nigel Terry
Grimble:
Timothy Watson
Source: Radio Times

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