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Hanging at Weeping Friday by ROY BOLITHO
Just another spring dawn in the Cornish village of Weeping Friday, in the year 1809. But the village prepares for something special: Tommy Gray is to be hanged for thievery ... To hang him the authorities have brought in the best hangman in the land, 'Rope' Sparrow.
Narrator BRETT USHER
Directed by BRIAN MILLER BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Tommy Gray
Directed By:
Brian Miller
Squire:
Conrad Phillips
Ned Pye:
Michael Jenner
Wood Harris:
Stephen Sylvestef
Vicar:
Bernard Brown
Mayor:
Rex Holdsworth
Richard:
Richard Curnow
Rope Sparrow:
Henry Stamper
Mrs Coad:
Margot Young
Mowatt:
Geoffrey Collins
Esther:
Jenny Barnes
Rosie Gray:
Petra Leah
Tommy Gray:
Ray Handy
Source: Radio Times

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