Woman's Hour Drama - Wax Fruit: Antimacassar City - Episode 3

Set partly on an Ayrshire farm and in the boom town of 19th Century Glasgow in the 1870s - the story of the Moorhouse family through good times and bad. From the novel by Guy McCrone, dramatised by Clara Glynn. Now aged 13, Phoebe, enjoys living in Glasgow and helping to look after her 3 year old nephew Wee Arthur. But 19th Century Glasgow is a city of contrasts: from the socially rising West side to the deprived and desperate slums. On a journey home from visiting grandma tragedy befalls Wee Arthur. Phoebe Moorhouse........Natasha Watson Mungo Moorhouse.........Liam Brennan Mrs. Barrowfield............Juliet Cadzow Bel Moorhouse..............Louise Ludgate Arthur Moorhouse..........Robin Laing Sophia..........................Lucy Paterson David Moorhouse...........Duncan Anderson Sarah...........................Lisa Nicoll Struan..........................Jamie Brotherston Other parts played by members of the cast. Producer/director: David Ian Neville.