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Playhouse: Nun Climbs Tree

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Harry Barton.
An ex-RAF pilot, now a clergyman, returns to Ireland, where he was detained during the Second World War, and finds his life in turmoil when a young nun comes to him with a most unusual request.
Singer Elaine Claxton
Producer Eoin O'Callaghan. Director Robert Cooper

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Barton.
Singer:
Elaine Claxton
Producer:
Eoin O'Callaghan.
Director:
Robert Cooper
Bill:
Jeff Rawle
Tom:
Peter Copley
Maggie:
Clare Cathcart
ESen:
Elaine Claxton
Churchwarden:
Denys Hawthorne
Catholic bishop:
Peter Caffrey
Garda sergeant:
Breffni McKenna
Commandant:
Mark Lambert
Housewife:
Kate Binchy
Actor:
Conductor Johnkeegan
Bishop's driver:
Nicholas Boulton
Reverend Mother:
Tina Gray
Mr Hatpin I Father Coyk:
Peter Kenny
Source: Radio Times

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