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Lord of Misrule

1. The Conjurer

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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1745: Gruffydd returns to Wales.

An adventurer, dreamer and womaniser - he's hoping to regain his lands when the Jacobite Rebellion drives out George II and deposes the Squire of Cwmystwyth, Sir John Ffowlke.

Can he exert his influence over the locals in the isolated, mountainous and semi-pagan Cardiganshire?

Starring Philip Madoc, Peter Halliday, Meg Wynn Owen and Gareth Armstrong.

Hot-blooded historical serial in nine parts written by Gareth Jones.

Gruffydd ... Philip Madoc
Sir John Ffowlke .... Peter Halliday
Madlen .... Meg Wynn Owen
Charles Edward Stuart .... Gareth Armstrong
Rhiannon Bevan .... Lisabeth Miles
Hywel Bevan .... Robert Blythe
Iolo .... John Davies
Talbot .... Graham Blockey
Maude Ffowlke .... Patricia Kane
Thomas Powell .... Gerald James
Morgan Brewer .... Maurice Elliott
Buddug .... Di Botcher
Sian .... Rhian Morgan

Directed at BBC Wales by Adrian Mourby.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1986. Show less

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