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Father Greene's Ash Wednesday Mass

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

An affectionate portrait of an Irish country priest.
Ash Wednesday, which this year falls on 7 March, has a very special atmosphere in a small village in the heart of rural Ireland, particularly if you spend it with a parish priest as endearing and frank as Father John Greene.
... cursing his choirboys and servers into line like a Regimental Sergeant Major ... the most down-to-earth, way-it-really-is religious documentary for years! (DAILY MAIL)
... what he says, whispers, breathes, damn near even thinks is broadcast (THE TIMES) A radio-link documentary
Producer PETER ARMSTRONG followed by an interlude

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Unknown:
John Greene.
Producer:
Peter Armstrong
Source: Radio Times

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