Running Before the Wind

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Catherine Czerkawska - Running Before the Wind: 2. Hoisting the Sail

Catherine Czerkawska - Running Before the Wind

2. Hoisting the Sail

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Catherine Czerkawska - Running Before the Wind, 2. Hoisting the Sail

Alison's curiosity reveals the fortunes of the Lynn family in the 1880s.

Alison's curiosity about the yacht Isabella reveals the fortunes of the Lynn family in the 1880s. Stars Sybil Wintrope.

Alison has got to know Isabella - her yacht's namesake - and has agreed to take her down to see the vessel as she lies on the hard at the marina. 

The history of the yacht is important, but more so is that of the Lynn family - and 88-year-old Isabella is the sole repository of that story...

Starring Sybil Wintrope and Louise Beattie.

Catherine Czerkawska's family saga set on the River Clyde.

James Lynn ....James MacPherson
Isabella ... Sybil Wintrope
Alison ... Louise Beattie
David ... Alec Heggie
Annie ... Sheila Donald
Matron/Young James ... Mary Riggans
Hetty ... Monica Gibb
Emily ... Irene MacDougall
Hugh ... Finlay McLean
Stirling ... Allan Sharpe
Young Hetty ... Isabel Wright
Bosun/Gardener ... Stuart Davids

Director: Hamish Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1994.

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