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Shadow Baby

on BBC Radio 4 FM

1/5. This family saga interweaves the historical with the modern in a powerfully observed story of two girls born 70 years apart but both abandoned as babies.
Written by Margaret Forster, dramatised by Penny Gold
(Repeated from 10.45am)

Contributors

Author:
Margaret Forster
Dramatised:
by Penny Gold
Producer/Director:
Martin Jenkins
Hazel:
Clare Corbett
Cathona:
Carolyn Bonnyman
Archie:
Tom Smith
Shona, as a child:
Bryony Reid
Shona:
Jayne McKenna
Leah:
Teresa Gallagher
Evie, as a child:
Kate Aspinall
Evie:
Emma Rydal
Mary:
Sarah Badel
Matron/Muriel:
Maggie Ollerenshaw
Ernest:
Keith Drinkel
Hugo:
Sam Crane
Henry:
Jamie Glover
George:
Sidney Sloane
Hazel's mother:
Maureen O'Brien
Miss Mawson:
Jean Trend
Dolly:
Nicola Barber
Malcolm:
Roger May
Rose:
Alison Pettitt
Mrs Fletcher:
Jenny Funnell

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