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The story of the R101
A serial in seven parts by David Beaty

By 1930, two rival airships had been completed - the R100 built by private enterprise and the R101 by the government - and the race was on to link the British Empire by airship. R100 was on her voyage to Montreal; but problems were plaguing R101, on the point of making the long journey to India...

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Contributors

Writer:
David Beaty
Director:
Brian Miller
Narrator:
Conrad Phillips
Thomson:
Esmond Rideout
Buck/Booth:
Phillip Manikum
Colmore:
Hubert Rees
Scott:
John Hartoch
Greenstreet/McWade:
John Linstrum
Johnston:
Pavel Douglas
Pomfret:
Rex Holdsworth
Lily:
Sarah Benfield
Olive:
Ingrid Hafner
Irwin:
Alan Moore
Kirk:
Norman Bowler
Gloria:
Sarah Jane Bickerton
Source: Radio Times

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