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1. Condemnation

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Sarah doesn’t want to join the exiles, unlike her husband, but their son’s arrest gives them no choice. Stars Louise Brealey.

A series made to mark the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower on 16th September 2020.

Adrian Bean's gripping ten-part story about one family's journey into the unknown.

What do you do when your beliefs are condemned by the rest of society?

Sarah Hargreaves doesn't share her husband Matthew's desire to join the Puritan exiles, but when their son Benjamin is arrested on a trumped-up charge they have little choice but to go.

Things go rapidly from bad to worse, and they decide to leave everything behind. Hoping to find peace and like minded souls in a new religious community in America, they spend everything they have left on a ticket to sail on the Mayflower.

Sarah Hargreaves ...... Louise Brealey
Matthew Hargreaves ...... Trystan Gravelle
Ben ...... Joel MacCormack
Elizabeth ...... Megan McInerney
Reverend Kerswell ...... Marc Danbury

Director: John Norton

A BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in January 2020.

14 minutes

Last on

Tue 11 Jun 202403:45
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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