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Vanishing Heroes

on BBC Radio 3

A feature on the theme of exploration by AIDAN HIGGINS with Norman Rodway David de Keyser
Michael Tudor Barnes
In 1931 Auguste Piccard ascended ten miles into the troposphere above
Augsburg in the enclosed gondola of a balloon. In
1960, his son Jacques descended ten miles into the Challenger Deep off Guam in a bathyscaphe. Between these points in time and space, man is observed groping in luminous darkness.
With STEVE . HODSON
CRAWFORD LOGAN. STEPHEN THORNE ,PATIENCE TOMLINSON Presenter Hugh Dickson Special sounds composed by DICK MILLS
A splendid piece of radio, rich, varied, original and arresting
(THE DAILY TELEGRAPH)
Directed by JOHN THEOCtIARtS

Contributors

Unknown:
Aidan Higgins
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Norman Rodway
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David de Keyser
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Michael Tudor Barnes
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Auguste Piccard
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Steve . Hodson
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Crawford Logan.
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Stephen Thorne
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Patience Tomlinson
Presenter:
Hugh Dickson
Composed By:
Dick Mills
Directed By:
John Theoctiarts
Censor:
Norman Rodway
Auguste Piccard:
David de Keyser
Jacques Piccard:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Kipfer:
Nicholas Courtney
American:
Kerry Shale

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