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The story of famine in Ireland, from the failure of the potato crop in 1845 to the mass evictions of 1847-8 Written and produced by David Thomson

Contributors

Produced By:
David Thomson
Martin Farrel:
Cyril Cusack
Moira, his wife:
Betty Chancellor
Sarah Mahon:
Mary O'Farrell
Gombeen man:
Tommy Duggan
The Diarist:
Susan Richards
Sir Robert Peel:
Howieson Culff
Lord John Russell:
Ian Sadler
Tom Glancy:
Harry Hutchinson

Ena Mitchell (soprano)
Margaret Rolfe (contralto)
William Herbert (tenor) Norman Walker (bass)
BBC Chorus
The Boyd Neel Orchestra
(Leader, Maurice Clare )
Ernest Lush (harpsichord)
Ralph Downes (organ)
Conducted by Leslie Woodgate

Contributors

Soprano:
Ena Mitchell
Contralto:
Margaret Rolfe
Tenor:
William Herbert
Bass:
Norman Walker
Leader:
Maurice Clare
Harpsichord:
Ernest Lush
Harpsichord:
Ralph Downes
Conducted By:
Leslie Woodgate

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More