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A 13-part series
5: The Last of Britain The voyage out in the 19th century: the leave-taking of the Mother Country, the tribulations and entertainments of the voyage - that could take up to six months - and the first impressions of Australia. Narrator NICK ENRIGHT
With PROFESSORS
GEOFFREY BLAINEY. MANNING CLARK. HUMPHREY MCQUEEN and DR CLEM SEMMLER Music by ELIZABETH PARKER
(BBC Radiophonic Workshop) Script by MIKE WALKER Technical presentation by ANDREW LAWRENCE. IAIN HUNTER and HELEN THOMAS
Directed by SHAUN MACLOUGHLIN BBC Bristol. Stereo

Contributors

Narrator:
Nick Enright
Unknown:
Geoffrey Blainey.
Unknown:
Manning Clark.
Unknown:
Humphrey McQueen
Unknown:
Dr Clem Semmler
Music By:
Elizabeth Parker
Script By:
Mike Walker
Presentation By:
Andrew Lawrence.
Presentation By:
Iain Hunter
Presentation By:
Helen Thomas
Directed By:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Sarah Midgeley:
Elizabeth Proud
Fanny Davis:
Susan Penhaligon
Skilbeck:
Graham Blockey
Loveless:
Cornelius Garrett
Bird:
William Eedle
Lightoller:
David Learner
Ensign Best:
Bill Wallis
John Mitchel:
Denys Hawthorne
LORD Wakefield:
Stephen Rashbrook
Broxup Mereweather:
Christian Rodska
Vaux/Shanty singer:
Jonathan Nibbs
Caroline Chisholm/:
Tessa Worsley
Mary Ann Hall:
Tessa Worsley
Officials:
Richard Durden
Officials:
Alan Thompson
Source: Radio Times

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