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Lost Property: The Year My Mother Went Missing

AuthorKatie Hims

NarratorFull Cast

Duration43m

CategoriesAdult Fiction, Plays and Dramatisations

PublisherAudio Go Ltd

VersionUnabridged

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The second play in BBC Radio 4's bittersweet trilogy, 'Lost Property', set in 1941, 1979 and 2011. 'The Year My Mother Went Missing' was originally broadcast on 10 May 2011 in the 'Afternoon Play' slot. It's 1979, and it's not the first time that Ruthie's mother Queenie has gone missing, but usually she leaves a note... Narrated by Rosie Cavaliero, and starring Shannon Flynn as Ruthie. Also featured in the cast are Ceallach Spellman, Elliot Griffiths, Ralph Ineson, Daniel Rabin, Jane Whittenshaw, Sally Orrock, Stuart McLoughlin and Sean Baker.

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