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For The Love of Willie (Omnibus)

West Scotland during the Second World War. Young Peggy falls in love with her employer. Stars Kate Donnelly.

In a small town in the west of Scotland during the Second World War, young Peggy falls in love with her employer.

30 years later, she writes a novel about her life revealing the unexpected outcome of her brief affair.

Dark comic novella written by Agnes Owens.

Dramatised in five parts by Gerda Stevenson.

Peggy .... Kate Donnelly
Duchess .... Edith MacArthur
Mother .... Patricia Ross
Young Peggy ... Isabelle Joss
Willie .... Liam Brennan
Father .... Gerry Mulgrew
Boris .... William Barlow
Nurse / Liza .... Gerda Stevenson
Lily .... Mary Riggans
Annie …. Irene Allan

Director: Bruce Young

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2004.

1 hour, 10 minutes

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