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Drama on 3: Outlying Islands

on BBC Radio 3

By David Greig.
Set in 1938, two young Cambridge graduates have been sent to an outlying island off the west coast of Scotland by the Ministry of Agriculture to observe and make records of the island's wildlife particularly the rare Leach's fork-tailed petrel, which nests on the island and raises its young there.

Contributors

Writer:
David Greig
Music/Music performed by:
Melanie Pappenheim
Music performed by:
Sophie Harris
Sound Designer:
Harvey Brough
Sound Designer:
Leon Chambers
Director:
Marilyn Imrie
Richard:
William Houston
John:
Oliver Milburn
Ellen:
Louise Ludgate
Kirk:
Stuart McQuarrie
The Captain:
Sean Scanlan

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