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Sean Cooney and Paul Sartin on The Transports

Sean Cooney and Paul Sartin talk about their new production of Peter Bellamy's 1977 ballad opera The Transports.

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This week, Sean Cooney (The Young'uns) and Paul Sartin (Faustus, Bellowhead) talk about their new production of Peter Bellamy's 1977 ballad opera The Transports.

The original production told the story of two convicts on the "First Fleet" to Australia in 1787 and featured Nic Jones, The Watersons, Cyril Tawney and June Tabor.

The 2017 production features The Young'uns, Faustus, Nancy Kerr, Greg Russell and Rachael McShane, and writer Matthew Crampton will draw parallels with perilous overseas migration of today.

57 minutes

Last on

Wed 11 Jan 2017 19:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Doc Watson

    Deep River Blues

  • Heidi Talbot

    The Wedding Day

  • Trio Dhoore

    Chameleon

  • Norma Waterson

    I Once Lived In Service

  • Peter Bellamy & Dave Swarbrick

    The Ballad of Henry and Susannah, Part 4

  • The Cast of The Transports (2017)

    Roll Down

  • Skipinnish

    Alive

  • Hannah James

    Coppicing Song

  • Greg Russell

    If I Had a Hammer

  • Karine Polwart

    Better Things

  • Police Dog Hogan

    Black Road

Broadcast

  • Wed 11 Jan 2017 19:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2