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A Dream of Beltane

BBC Radio 3
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A story of 16th-century
Scotland by ROBERT FORREST
Alison is a tinker lass who enjoys telling stories and making love; but when she practises both arts on the king she is accused of witchcraft. Sharp writing and performances an imaginative feat, reinventing an all-but-unknowableworld (THE LISTENER)
Director TOM KINNIMMONT BBC Scotland

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Forrest
Alison Alrd:
Maureen Carr
Tarn Fisher:
Ron Bain
James Stewart, King of Scotland:
Benny Young
Sir James Hamilton of Kincavel:
Alec Heggie
Brother Matthew:
Michael Elder
Rab Cowan:
Jimmy Yuill
Davy Nicol:
Charles Kearney
Ellie Duncan:
Monica Brady
Alec Sutton:
Gerard Slevin
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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