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1. Casting Off

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Yachting fan Alison restores the Isabella, an old wooden boat - and uncovers an incredible family history. Stars Louise Beattie.

When Alison fell in love with an old wooden yacht called the Isabella, she didn't realise she was looking at the last relic of a family history.

Then she finds out that the woman the boat was named after, is still alive...

Starring Sybil Wintrope and Louise Beattie.

Catherine Czerkawska's four-part family saga of yacht designers set on the River Clyde.

Isabella .... Sybil Wintrope
Alison ..... Louise Beattie
Adam/Stirling .... Allan Sharpe
David ..... Alec Heggie
Annie .... Sheila Donald
Sadie ..... Anne Downie
Malcolm ..... Alec Monteath
Emily ... Irene MacDougall
Archivist/Archie ..... William Armour
Nurse/Midwife .... Susie Maguire
Young Hetty .... Isabel Wright
James ... James MacPherson

Director: Hamish Wilson

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in March 1994.

45 minutes

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