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15 Minute Drama

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Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Set partly on an Ayrshire farm and in the boom town of 19th Century Glasgow in the 1870s - the story of the Moorhouse family through good times and bad.
From the novel by Guy McCrone, dramatised by Clara Glynn.

Now aged 13, Phoebe, enjoys living in Glasgow and helping to look after her 3 year old nephew Wee Arthur. But 19th Century Glasgow is a city of contrasts: from the socially rising West side to the deprived and desperate slums. On a journey home from visiting grandma tragedy befalls Wee Arthur.

Phoebe Moorhouse........Natasha Watson
Mungo Moorhouse.........Liam Brennan
Mrs. Barrowfield............Juliet Cadzow
Bel Moorhouse..............Louise Ludgate
Arthur Moorhouse..........Robin Laing
Sophia..........................Lucy Paterson
David Moorhouse...........Duncan Anderson
Sarah...........................Lisa Nicoll
Struan..........................Jamie Brotherston

Other parts played by members of the cast.

Producer/director: David Ian Neville. Show less

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