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Away from home, Kate thinks she can cope better with Baba鈥檚 rather brutal style of friendship. With Charlie Murphy. From 2019.

Away from home, Kate thinks she can cope better with Baba鈥檚 brutal style of friendship.

Edna O鈥橞rien鈥檚 frank, funny and subversive story of friendship and growing up in rural Ireland in the 1950s - seen through the eyes of two friends - Kate and Baba.

Dramatised by Lin Coghlan.

Kate ..... Charlie Murphy
Baba ..... Aoibhinn McGinnity
Sr Margaret ..... Catherine Cusack
Sr Clare ..... Helen Clapp
Cynthia ..... Rose O鈥橪oughlin

Directors: Sally Avens & Jessica Dromgoole

First broadcast on 91热爆 Radio 4 in August 2019.

14 minutes

Last on

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