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A wish sworn on a barn owl feather turns into a fatal curse.

A wish sworn on the feather of a barn owl turns into a fatal curse. Based on an island legend. Stars Jimmy Yuill.

A fictional story written and narrated by Paul Evans and based on an island legend about a brother and sister who were bound by a wish sworn on a barn owl feather, which in turn became a curse that proved fatal. 

Isolation, human desire and the supernatural are explored in this unsettling drama about the relationship between hope and desire, man and nature.

Old Man …. Jimmy Yuill
Young Boy …. David McLellan
Old sister …. Alyth McCormack
Young Girl …. Michaela Sweeney 

Recorded on location in Scotland.

Producer: Sarah Blunt

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008.

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