Episode 2
Clara Glynn's dramatisation of Guy McCrone's novel. 10-year-old Phoebe moves to Glasgow to live with her brother Arthur and his wife Bel.
Set partly on an Ayrshire farm and in the boom town of 19th Century Glasgow in the 1870s - the story of the Moorhouse family through good times and bad.
From the novel by Guy McCrone, dramatised by Clara Glynn.
Following the death of her parents, Phoebe Moorhouse aged 10, moves to Glasgow to live with her brother Arthur and his wife Bel. But how will free spirit and country girl Phoebe adapt to life in the bustling city and to life with her 'new' parents?
Phoebe Moorhouse........Natasha Watson
Mungo Moorhouse.........Liam Brennan
Mrs. Barrowfield............Juliet Cadzow
Bel Moorhouse..............Louise Ludgate
Arthur Moorhouse..........Robin Laing
Sophia..........................Lucy Paterson
David Moorhouse...........Duncan Anderson
Sarah...........................Lisa Nicoll
Struan..........................Jamie Brotherston
Other parts played by members of the cast.
Producer/director: David Ian Neville.
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- Tue 12 Oct 2010 10:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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