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Afternoon Play: Michael

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

A radio version of the William Wordsworth poem, with new dramatised scenes by Nell Leyshon. Michael is the first poem in which Wordsworth poeticised the language of ordinary people. It tells the story of Cumbrian sheepfarmer Michael and his only son Luke, who is forced to leave the family farm in search of financial help. Starring Tom Courtenay as the Narrator.
Music by Gary Yershon ; Producer/Director Susan Roberts

Contributors

Unknown:
William Wordsworth
Unknown:
Tom Courtenay
Music By:
Gary Yershon
Director:
Susan Roberts
Narrator:
Tom Courtenay
Young Luke:
Dean Petre
Old Luke:
Billy Walker
Michael:
Tom Coulthard
Isabel:
Jackie Fielding
Source: Radio Times

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