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Episode 8

Clara Glynn's dramatisation of Guy McCrone's novel about a girl growing up in 1870s Scotland. As snow brings Glasgow to a standstill Phoebe finds she's melted a young man's heart.

Set partly on an Ayrshire farm and in the boom town of 19th Century Glasgow in the 1870s - the story of the Moorhouse family through good times and bad.
From the novel by Guy McCrone, dramatised by Clara Glynn.

Henry Hayburn has taken a shine to young Phoebe but will his mother approve of the liason? Meanwhile in Ayrshire relations between Mungo and Miss Ruanthorpe - the Laird's daughter - are put under strain when her favourite horse is badly injured.

Phoebe Moorhouse........Helen McAlpine
Mungo Moorhouse.........Liam Brennan
Henry Hayburn..............John Kielty
Mrs. Hayburn................Lesley Mackie
Bel Moorhouse..............Louise Ludgate
Arthur Moorhouse..........Robin Laing
Sophia..........................Lucy Paterson
David Moorhouse...........Duncan Anderson
Wee Arthur...................Cameron McNee

Other parts played by members of the cast.

Producer/director: David Ian Neville.

15 minutes

Last on

Wed 20 Oct 2010 10:45

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  • Wed 20 Oct 2010 10:45

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