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Old Mortality

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by SIR WALTER SCOTT dramatised in five parts by STEPHEN MULRINE Part 1 with Tom Fleming , Michael Harrigan Lennox Milne , Bryden Murdoch The year is 1679, and Scotland is a nation deeply divided: loyal, on the one hand, to the government of Charles II, and his bishops; and on the other. to none but God. and a broken Covenant. Archbishop Sharpe lies dead in his own blood on the Magus Muir. and the Killing Times are about to earn their place in history.
Producer GORDON EMSLIE (Scotland)
(Repeated: Tuesday. 3.5 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Walter Scott
Unknown:
Stephen Mulrine
Unknown:
Tom Fleming
Unknown:
Michael Harrigan
Unknown:
Lennox Milne
Unknown:
Bryden Murdoch
Unknown:
Magus Muir.
Producer:
Gordon Emslie
Lady Margaret Bellenden:
Lennox Milne
Gilbertscleugh:
John Young
Edith Bellenden:
Gwyneth Guthrie
Bothwell:
Derek Anders
Halliday:
Ian Ireland
Balfour of Burley:
Tom Fleming
Henry Morton:
Michael Harrigan
Cornet Grahame:
Lawrence Douglas
Old woman:
Jean Faulds
Alison:
Helen Norman
Milnwood:
Bryden Murdoch
Mause Headrigg:
Joan Fitzpatrick
Cuddie Headrigg:
Alex McAvoy
Source: Radio Times

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