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Drama of the Week

A Tale of Ossian

Drama of the Week

BBC

Drama, Fiction

3.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Atmospheric drama by Robert Forrest.

An old man turns up in hospital with his head full of stories and his pockets full of leaves. No-one knows who he is. But when he finally begins to talk, the woman who sits across from him finds herself pulled into his world and captivated by his stories.

Cast in Order of Appearance:

Isobel … Wendy Seager Ossian … Finlay Welsh Helen … Anne Louise Ross Dermot … Scott Miller Fingal … Finn Den Hertog

Sound Design and original music by Niall Young Directed by Kirsty Williams

Transcript

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0:00.0

A six billion dollar con. It didn't take long for it to spread like wildfire.

0:07.6

You got to take a look at this really crazy gold stock.

0:09.4

A buddy of mine got in at a dime.

0:10.8

Which destroyed lives and devastated communities.

0:15.0

Every little town across the nation, people have shares in this.

0:19.5

We lost everything.

0:21.4

And to date, no one has been brought to justice.

0:25.0

Somebody knows more than we know.

0:27.0

The $6 billion gold scan.

0:29.0

Listen first on BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds.

0:37.8

BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. This is Drama of the Week. A tale of Ossian by Robert Forrest. Oh, Let's start again. I know you can hear me. You're not asleep. My mother does this. Eyes closed, the steady breathing.

1:18.0

She does a little bit of a snore. A delicate one of course for Mrs Helen, Jean McLeod. So the story is you were

1:28.6

found in a bus shelter unconscious, you had no identification on you, no wallet, no paper, no cards, nothing.

1:36.0

And all your pockets, coat, jacket, waistcoat, trousers, every pocket was filled with leaves, dead leaves. Now why would you do that? Or did someone else do it?

1:59.2

Anyway. else do it? Anyway, good news is you're not in any danger, low blood pressure, but apart from that, and you did speak when a nurse was trying to get some answers from you you muttered something

2:04.4

something about foundations cornerstone of the world the morning stars so book of Joe

2:10.7

and they sent for me because I'm a, oh my, I've never, I've never seen the light in here.

2:20.0

Where was thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?

2:25.6

How's that colour?

2:27.4

Declare if thou hast understanding?

2:31.0

When the morning star sang together and heavenly being shouted for joy

2:34.6

Oh heavenly beings the new revised version I stay with King James all the sons of God, shouted for joy. But then in either translation it's clear that book was written by a poet of the highest order.

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