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June Watson

Scott Hoatson

Samara MacLaren

Tracy Wiles

Marilyn Imrie

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Michael Chaplin

The Stanley Baxter Playhouse: Series 7: The Leaving of Barra

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09/12/2015

The Leaving of Barra

Series 7

BBC Radio 4 - The Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 7, The Leaving of Barra

As he prepares to leave Barra for ever, an old man remembers the times of his life.

As an old man prepares to leave the Island of Barra forever, he remembers the love of his life. With June Watson. From 2015. 

Back in 1949, a young assistant director on Whisky Galore, falls in love with a local girl on the Hebridean island of Barra where filming is taking place. 
 
Sixty six years later, his memories of that golden time come flooding back.

Stanley Baxter plays the old man who abandoned a career in film to stay on the island with the woman he loved, and now faces a sad farewell. 

Series of comic plays starring Stanley Baxter.
 
John Anderson...............Stanley Baxter
Peggy Anderson.............June Watson
Young John......................Scott Hoatson
Catriona  ..................Samara Maclaren
Mary...............................Tracy Wiles

Other parts played by the cast.  
 
Written by Michael Chaplin

Director: Marilyn Imrie
 
A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in December 2015.

The Stanley Baxter Playhouse: Series 7

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