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Episode 3

Ballylenon Series 1
Episode 3 of 6

Vera's eavesdropping days are threatened by the Irish town's new automatic exchange. More goings-on in 1953. Stars TP McKenna.

Vera's eavesdropping days are threatened by the Irish town's new automatic telephone exchange.

Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal, in 1953, before the days of mass tourism and proper plumbing in every home.

Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon.

Phonsie Doherty ...... TP McKenna
Muriel Maconchy ...... Margaret D'Arcy
Vera Maconchy ...... Stella McCusker
Vivienne Boal ...... Aine McCartney
Guard Gallagher ...... John Hewitt
Peg Sweeney ...... Anna Manahan
Joe MacMonagle ...... Kevin Flood
Post Office Engineer ...... Robert Patterson

Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes

Director: Eoin O'Callaghan

First broadcast on 91热爆 Radio 4 in June 1994.

30 minutes

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