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Christopher William Hill's 1930s comedy set on St Martin's - one of the Isles of Scilly.

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Joseph Kloska

Bec Applebee

Christine Absalom

Stuart Fox

Alex Palmer

Ed Gaughan

Peter Marinker

Alex Tregear

Christopher William Hill

Mary Peate

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1937, Morwenna is bored with island life.

1937, Morwenna is bored of island life as locals battle to resist attempts to modernise the post office. Stars Alex Tregear.

Movies. Morwenna is bored of island life. 

It's 1937 on St. Martin's - a remote island of the Isles of Scilly.

Islanders are resisting the attempts of the Penzance GPO man to modernise the post office - around which their world revolves.

Written by Christopher William Hill.

Frank Gunwallow ...... Joseph Kloska
Mary ...... Bec Applebee
Morwenna ...... Alex Tregear
Ben ...... Alex Palmer
Tommy ...... Stuart Fox
Tregarthan ...... Peter Marinker
Len ...... Ed Gaughan
Grace ...... Christine Absalom
Pender ...... Christopher William Hill

Sound by Jenni Burnett, Anne Bunting and Graham Harper.

Diirector: Mary Peate

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013.

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1930s comedy set on St Martin's, one of the Isles of Scilly

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