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"The secrets of confession are inviolable - a lovely ringing phrase, but what a price we priests must pay...." Father Peter can see that his colleague Father Tom is suffering after hearing about a terrible crime. Starring Kevin Whately and Reginald Marsh. Wally K Daly adapts his compelling BBC TV drama - first broadcast in 1978 as a Play for Today. Tom ... Kevin Whately Peter ... Reginald Marsh Penitent ... Tony Haygarth O'Neil ... T P McKenna May ... Jill Shilling Doctor ... John Church Mr James ... Terence Edmond Mrs James ... Kate Binchy Directed by David Hitchinson for the BBC World Service. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1992. **** Don't miss the sequel THE BROKEN BUTTERFLY on BBC Radio 4 Extra on 7th February 2026.
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