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2. Bright Lights

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Chemist Scharf and the dial-painter Ishbel visit New York to look for Mary Pickford and Albert Einstein. Stars Dervla Kirwan.

Chemist Scharf and the dial-painter Ishbel visit New York in search of Mary Pickford and Albert Einstein.

A 20th-century scientific fable about knowing too little, and believing too much.

Written by Lavinia Greenlaw - drawn from a true story.

Dolly .... Dervla Kirwan
Ishbel Maclean .... Lesley Hart
Jakob Scharf .... Henry Goodman

Producer: Tim Dee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2004.

15 minutes

Last on

Wed 26 Jun 202403:45
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