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Drama on 4: The Ferryhill Philosophers: Moral Status and the Golden Boy

Moral Status and the Golden Boy

The Ferryhill Philosophers

BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, The Ferryhill Philosophers, Moral Status and the Golden Boy

The mother of a boy on a life support machine asks for Joe's help with a hard decision.

The mother of a boy on a life support machine asks for Joe's help and tells him something which changes everything. With Alun Armstrong and Deborah Findlay.

By Michael Chaplin. The parents of a young boy grievously injured in a cycling accident face the terrible decision of whether to leave him on a life-support machine indefinitely - or to switch it off. 

The boy's mother asks Joe to help her husband face up to the decision - and tells Joe something which changes everything. 

Alun Armstrong and Deborah Findlay star as the ex-Durham miner and the University philosopher who, together, bring human compassion and philosophy to bear in facing up to some of life's hardest dilemmas.

Directed by Marilyn Imrie
A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4.

Drama on 4: The Ferryhill Philosophers

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

By Michael Chaplin. An ex-miner and a senior lecturer wrestle with philosophical dilemmas.

By Michael Chaplin. An unlikely duo, an ex-miner and a senior philosophy lecturer, wrestle with the collision between moral philosophy and the sundry dilemmas of a small village by

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