by DAVID THOMSON , adapted by PHILIP DONNELLAN
' I was 18 when I first saw Woodbrook. Tire children pulled me towards the window of the car and I saw its slate roof from the turn of the road at the top of Hughestown Hill. More than 30 years later it is still there - but the scene is different ...' . Set in Roscommon. David Thomson's account recalls a poignant love affair with the Irish countryside, the people. and, in particular, the young tutor's pupil,
Phoebe, daughter of the Big House.
With GARARD GREEN, MICHAEL GOLDEN, ALLAN MCCLELLAND JOAN MATHESON , MANNING WILSON and KENNETH SHANLEY , and the voices of some of the country neople of Roscommon.
Producer MAURICE LEITCH