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Baba is off to a new life in England and wants Kate to join her – but will Eugene come back? With Charlie Murphy.

Baba is going to start a new life in England and wants Kate to go with her.

However, lovelorn Kate is convinced that Eugene will return.

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
Eugene ..... Jonathan Forbes
Baba ..... Aoibhinn McGinnity
Joanna ..... Susan Jameson
Anna ..... Catherine Cusack
The Body ..... Jonny Holden
Landlord ..... Paul Hickey
Passenger ..... Shaun Mason
Steward ..... Chris Pavlo

Directors: Sally Avens & Jessica Dromgoole

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2019..

14 minutes

Last on

Sat 1 Jul 202303:15
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  • Fri 25 Oct 201910:45
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  • Fri 25 Oct 201919:45
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  • Fri 30 Jun 202307:15
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  • Fri 30 Jun 202312:15
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  • Fri 30 Jun 202317:15
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  • Sat 1 Jul 202303:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra