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THE BITTER CONQUEST

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

A play adapted from her novel by Charity Blackstock with David March , Effie Morrison
Bryden Murdoch , Gudrun Ure
Douglas Murchie
In 1750, four years after the Battle of Culloden, there is an uneasy peace between the English and the Highlanders in Inverness. Jamie Macdonald, mutilated by the English troops at Culloden, continues to wane a desperate battle against them on Culloden Moor.
THE ENGLISH: THE SCOTS:
The singer,
MARGARET FRASER
The piper,
PIPE-MAJOR DONALD MACLEOD
Produced by AUDREY CAMERON

Contributors

Unknown:
David March
Unknown:
Effie Morrison
Unknown:
Bryden Murdoch
Unknown:
Gudrun Ure
Unknown:
Douglas Murchie
Singer:
Margaret Fraser
Unknown:
Pipe-Major Donald MacLeod
Produced By:
Audrey Cameron
The General:
Godfrey Kenton
Captain Adams:
David March
Captain Trevor:
Arthur Boland
The Sergeant:
Stephen Thorne
Duncan Moir:
Douglas Murchie
Helen Moir:
Gudrun Ure
Jamie Macdonald:
Bryden Murdoch
Christian Forbes:
Effie Morrison
Murdoch Forbes:
Sheila Donald
Macdonald:
James Grant
A soldier:
John Shedden
A jailor:
John Shedden
First woman:
Sheila Latimer
Second woman:
Sheila Donald
Source: Radio Times

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BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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