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Drama on 4: The Ferryhill Philosophers: Moral Luck and the F Word

Moral Luck and the F Word

The Ferryhill Philosophers

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A man burdened with terrible guilt returns to Ferryhill to find forgiveness.

A man burdened with terrible guilt returns to Ferryhill to find forgiveness. Starring Deborah Findlay and Alun Armstrong.

By Michael Chaplin. A man burdened with terrible guilt returns to Ferryhill to find forgiveness for his part in the death of a child.
Alun Armstrong and Deborah Findlay star once again as the unlikely duo of ex-miner and Durham University philosopher facing life’s big questions together.

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Joe Snowball ... Alun Armstrong
Hermione Pink ... Deborah Findlay
Mark Cornforth ... John Bowler
Barry Hardwick ... Trevor Fox
Kathy Merrington ... Jackie Lye 
Bus Driver ... Dean Logan
Barmaid ... Tracy Gillman

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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