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My Uncle Freddie: 2: Do Butterflies Have Souls?

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

The award-winning comedy series by Alex Ferguson about a boy and his uncle, set on Tyneside in 1939.
Anxieties reign in the Fergie family, who are living in difficult times in Jarrow. Lecky is worried that his father is drinking to excess and calls in a temperance evangelist, complete with brass band and Angels of Mercy. Our Dad is not amused.

Contributors

Writer:
Alex Ferguson
Director:
Melanie Harris
Freddie:
Shaun Prendergast
Lecky:
Jamie Bell
Narrator:
Alex Ferguson
Our dad:
Colin Maclachlan
Our mam:
Phillippa Wilson
Auntie Bella:
Janine Birkett
Mr MacAtominey:
Donald McBride
Charlotte:
Vicky Wilson
Source: Radio Times

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