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Book of the Week: Damian Barr - Maggie and Me

Damian Barr

Sian Preece

Allegra McIlroy

Book of the Week: Damian Barr - Maggie and Me: Episode 2

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Damian Barr - Maggie and Me

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As the steelworkers go out on strike, Damian falls in love for the first time.

As the steelworkers at Ravenscraig go out on strike, 10-year-old Damian falls in love for the first time. But at home, tensions escalate. From June 2013.

Damian Barr reads his extraordinary memoir of growing up in small-town Scotland in the 1980s.

The threat of closure comes to Ravenscraig, the nearby steelworks where Damian's dad works, and tensions build locally. But as the community mounts a campaign to 'Save the Craig' and the chaos of his homelife escalates, ten year old Damian finds escape in his books and his new best friend Mark - everybody at school loves Mark, but he's joined at the hip to Damian.


Written and read by Damian Barr.
Abridged by Sian Preece


Producer: Allegra McIlroy.

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Damian Barr's reads his entertaining memoir of growing up in a Scottish steelworking town

Damian Barr's reads his moving and entertaining memoir of growing up in a Scottish steelworking town amidst the strikes of the 1980s.

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