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The End of the Beginning

Millport Series 3
Episode 6 of 6

The island makeover has gone sour, but with no Irene - can Bunty halt the bulldozers? Stars Lynn Ferguson. From 2002.

The island makeover has turned horribly sour.

With Irene gone, the only person to save the island from being bulldozed is Bunty Pierce.

But with her ailing health and hermit ways, will she leave her vegetables to rescue the island's integrity?

And will Irene change her mind about mainland life and return to the island for good?

Conclusion of the bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson.

Barmaid Irene Bruce is 30-something and hankering after a better life on the mainland.

Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson
Moira/Agnes ...... Janet Brown
Alberto/Ferryman/Robert the Dog/Morris ...... Lewis McLeod
Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley
Minister/Bob ...... Robert Patterson
Dougie ...... Kenneth Bryans

Producer: Lucy Bacon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2002.

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