Ballylenon
Appearance
Genre | Sitcom |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Language(s) | English |
Home station | BBC Radio 4 |
Syndicates | BBC Radio 4 Extra |
Starring |
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Announcer | Corrie Corfield |
Written by | Christopher Fitz-Simon |
Directed by |
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Original release | 8 June 1994 2 March 2011 | –
No. of series | 8 |
No. of episodes | 42 |
Audio format | Stereo |
Website | Programme website |
Ballylenon is a radio situation comedy set in a small village in County Donegal in Ireland in the 1950s. The six series totalling 30 half-hour episodes were originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from 1994 until 1999. The series was written by Christopher Fitz‑Simon, and it starred T P McKenna, Stella McCusker and Margaret D'Arcy. A seventh and eighth series were broadcast in 2009 and 2010. Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes (Michael Harrison in Series 7 and 8).
Cast
[edit]Regular cast
[edit]- Phonsie Doherty – T P McKenna (Series 1–6), Gerard Murphy (Series 7–8)
- Muriel McConkey – Margaret D'Arcy
- Vera McConkey – Stella McCusker
- Vivienne Boal/Hawthorne – Aine McCartney
- Stumpy Bonner – Gerard McSorley
- Guard Bernie Gallagher – John Hewitt (Series 1–6), Frankie McCafferty (Series 7–8)
- Rev Samuel Hawthorne – Gerard Murphy (Series 1–6), Miche Doherty (Series 7), Dermot Crowley (Series 8)
Recurring cast
[edit]- Josie Doherty – Ciara McKeown (Series 3), Cathy White (Series 4 and 5), Ali White (Series 6)
- Aubrey Frawley – Dominic Letts (Series 1), Matthew Addis (Series 7), Chris McHallem (Series 8)
- Packy McGoldrick – Charlie Bonnar (Series 3 and 5), Tim Loane (Series 4)
- Peg Sweeney – Anna Manahan, Marcella Riordan (Series 5)
Guest cast
[edit]- Polly Acton – Joanna Munro
- Terry Black – Mark Lambert
- Mr Boylan – Derek Bailey
- Consuela Dooley – Cathy Belton
- Eamonn Doyle – Patrick Fitzsymons
- Jonathan Ffrench O'Dowd – Wesley Murphy
- Primrose Ffrench O'Dowd, Eithne Ni Phartalain – Marcella Riordan
- Canon Friel, O'Brollachain – Kevin Flood
- Mr Mawhinney – Harry Towb
- Monsignor McFadden – Niall Cusack
- Father O'Flatley – John Guiney
- Daniel O’Searcaigh – James Greene
- Bohunkus Smith – BJ Hogg
- RL Watson – Roma Tomelty
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]- Ballylenon at BBC Online
- Radio Times, Ballylenon, BBC Radio 4