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Kate is a prisoner in the countryside, and yearns to escape back to the mixed pleasures of Dublin. Starring Charlie Murphy.

Kate is a prisoner in the countryside, and yearns to escape back to the mixed pleasures of Dublin.

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
Molly ...... Niamh Denyer
Priest ...... Des McAleer
Dada ...... David Ganly
Jack Holland ...... Jonjo O’Neill
Tom ...... Paul Hickey

Directors: Sally Avens & Jessica Dromgoole

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2019.

14 minutes

Last on

Sat 24 Jun 202303:15
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Broadcasts

  • Fri 18 Oct 201910:45
    BBC Radio 4
  • Fri 18 Oct 201919:45
    BBC Radio 4
  • Fri 23 Jun 202307:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 23 Jun 202312:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 23 Jun 202317:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 24 Jun 202303:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra