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Long Distance Friar

Father Athanasias is tweaking his bath chair for greater speed. Brother Luke is in training for the marathon, but when the Anglicans suggest a rival entrant, the race is really on.

Comedy drama by Christopher Lee, set in a Carmelite monastery where the brown habit is no protection against the problems and temptations of the modern world.

Father Athanasias is tweaking his bath chair for greater speed. Brother Luke is in training for the marathon, but when the Anglicans suggest a rival entrant the race is really on.

Father Bertie ...... Alfred Molina
Brother Martin ...... Roy Dotrice
Father Michael ...... Martin Jarvis
Brother Luke ...... Darren Richardson
Mave ...... Rosalind Ayres
Brother Francis ...... Alan Shearman
Father Lawrence ...... Kenneth Danziger

Directed by Pete Atkin

A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4.

30 minutes

Broadcasts

  • Fri 3 Aug 200711:30
  • Wed 5 Aug 200923:30