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Alun Armstrong

Deborah Findlay

Christopher Connel

Lauren Kellegher

Dean Logan

Dean Bone

Michael Chaplin

Marilyn Imrie

Drama on 4: The Ferryhill Philosophers: Political Obligations and the Occasional Toke

Political Obligations and the Occasional Toke

The Ferryhill Philosophers

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Joe is forced to uncover his neighbours' illicit activities and confront old betrayals.

Joe is forced to uncover his neighbours' illicit activities and confront old betrayals from the 1984 miners' strike. Starring Alun Armstrong and Deborah Findlay.

By Michael Chaplin. Joe's forced to uncover his neighbours' illicit activities and confront old betrayals from the 1984 miner's strike as he clashes with a police officer and his own daughter. Hermione forces them all to find a way forward.

Alun Armstrong and Deborah Findlay star as the e- 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

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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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