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The Ballad of Bobby Sands
Northern Ireland at the height of the Troubles. In the Maze Prison, MP and IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands tries to convince his mother and a Catholic priest that he has to die.
Tom Kelly imagines the final days of MP and IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands in a play about political and religious conviction, grief and a mother鈥檚 love.
Bobby Sands ..... Jonjo O'Neil
Rosaleen ..... Frances Tomelty
Father Faul ..... Lloyd Hutchinson
Director ..... Emma Harding
Producer ..... Marc Beeby
Written by Tom Kelly
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主播大秀 Radio 4
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- Mon 10 Aug 2020 14:00主播大秀 Radio 4
- Yesterday 14:15主播大秀 Radio 4 FM
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