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Ferryhill Philosophers

BBC Radio drama series
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A rather unlikely duo, they come from two very different worlds, albeit only seven miles apart. Joe Snowball is an unemployed ex-miner in a village forgotten by the world. The Honourable Hermione Pink is a slightly disenchanted senior lecturer at the third oldest university in England, an ivory tower almost encircled by the River Wear.


Together, they wrestle with the collision between moral philosophy and the sundry dilemmas encountered by the not-always-good people of Ferryhill, deprived of jobs, opportunities and the kind of ethical guidance once offered by the Methodist Church and the National Union of Mineworkers.


Should a man bent on suicide be stopped - or allowed to do as he wishes? Should one always tell the truth even if it has bad consequences?


Their philosophies are thought provoking, the unlikely partnership is intriguing, and the world of Ferryhill is a humorous, engaging and sometimes challenging place to visit.


Joe ...... Alun Armstrong
Hermione ...... Deborah Findlay
Polly ...... Gina McKee
George ...... Geoffrey Palmer
Bella ...... Anne Reid
Dr. Dainty ...... Jonathan Keeble
Mrs Cornish ...... Tracy Gillman
Bayissa ...... Okorie Chukwu
Derek ...... Joe Caffrey
Gloria ...... Tracy Whitwell
Lucy ...... Lauren Kellegher
Barry ...... Jonathan Keeble
Vera ...... Jackie Lye
Kerry ...... Laura Elphinstone
Gaz ...... Chris Grahamson
Rollo Ironside ...... John Rowe


Written by Michael Chaplin
Directed by Marilyn Imrie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2015

  1. A Good Thing for a Good Reason (20.4Mb)
  2. Wants and Desires (20.4Mb)
  3. Filial Duties and Special Goods (20.3Mb)
  4. Lies, Damn Lies and Conversational Implicature (20.2Mb)
  5. Moral Status and the Golden Boy (20.2Mb)
  6. Political Obligations and the Occasional Toke (20.1Mb)
  7. Thought Experiments and A Little Scrap of a Thing (20.3Mb)
  8. Minority Rights and The Hanging Gardens of Babylon (20.3Mb)
  9. Psychological Continuity and the Waterfall of Self (20.3Mb)
  10. Moral Luck and the F Word (20.2Mb)
  11. The Toddler in the Pond and A Bottle of Pop (20.3Mb)
  12. Google Grief and All The Gold Of Darius (20.2Mb)
  13. Two Georges and An Epigram of Epicurus (20.3Mb)

MP3 files hosted by archive.org.