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The Colour of Milk

Radio 4 drama.

The Colour of Milk adapted from her novel by Nell Leyshon.

It's 1830. Mary is fifteen. She lives a quiet life on a farm with her mother and father. She's never spent a night away from her home, until the local vicar asks for help with his sick wife. Sexual desires have brutal consequences .

Directed in Salford by Susan Roberts.

45 minutes

Last on

Thu 2 May 2013 14:15

Credits

Role Contributor
Writer Nell Leyshon
Director Susan Roberts
Mary Carly Bawden
The Vicar Peter Hamilton-Dyer
Father Jonathan Keeble

Broadcast

  • Thu 2 May 2013 14:15

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