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The Transit of Mercury

Duration: 14 minutes

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

Available for 7 months

A family heirloom provides the spark for a journey of self-discovery and an unexpected literary inheritance in this new story from acclaimed Northern Irish dramatist Anne Devlin.

Anne Devlin is a playwright, short story writer and screenwriter from Belfast. Her film and TV credits include 'Vigo', 'Titanic Town', 'The Venus de Milo Instead' 'Naming the Names' and dramatisations of 'Wuthering Heights' and 'The Rainbow', while her stage plays include 'After Easter', 'Heartlanders' and 'Ourselves Alone'. Anne adapted some of her screenplays for radio 'After Easter' (1997), 'Naming The Names' (1986) and 'The Long March' (1986).

Writer ..... Anne Devlin
Reader ..... Julia Dearden
Producer ..... Heather Larmour
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