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Christmas brings Kate and Eugene closer together and then the real world pulls them apart again. Starring Charlie Murphy.

Christmas brings Kate and Eugene closer together, and then the real world pulls them apart.

Edna O’Brien’s frank, funny and subversive story of friendship and growing up in rural Ireland in the 1950s - seen through the eyes of two friends.

The Country Girls Trilogy is now recognised as an iconic work of 20th century Irish fiction.

Dramatised by Kate Hims.

Kate ...... Charlie Murphy
Baba ...... Aoibhinn McGinnity
Eugene ...... Jonathan Forbes
Eugene’s Mother ...... Bríd Brennan
Man ...... David Hounslow
Boy ...... Jonny Holden
Friend ...... Ell Potter

Directors: Sally Avens & Jessica Dromgoole

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in October 2019.

14 minutes

Last on

Thu 22 Jun 2023 02:15
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Broadcasts

  • Wed 16 Oct 2019 10:41
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  • Wed 16 Oct 2019 19:45
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  • Wed 21 Jun 2023 07:15
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  • Wed 21 Jun 2023 12:15
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  • Wed 21 Jun 2023 17:15
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  • Thu 22 Jun 2023 02:15
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