The Ballad Of Bobby Sands [Drama]

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's love.

Bobby Sands - Jonjo O'Neil

Rosaleen - Frances Tomelty

Father Faul - Lloyd Hutchinson

Director - Emma Harding

Producer - Marc Beeby

Written by Tom Kelly

1981. Northern Ireland. Attended by his mother and a priest, Bobby Sands nears his death

Drama from BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra.

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.

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