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Great Escapes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Robert Kee , who twice escaped from German prisoner-of-war camps during World War II, presents four dramatic reconstructions of extraordinary escapes in war and peace.
Prisoner of Faith. In Elizabethan
England, Father John Gerard secretly preached the faith and provided support for Catholics until his arrest and imprisonment in 1594. But even the walls of the Tower of London were not strong enough to stop him from fulfiling his mission. with Frances Jeater and Richard Pearce
Written and produced by Adrian Bean A Testbed production

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Kee
Unknown:
Father John Gerard
Unknown:
Frances Jeater
Unknown:
Richard Pearce
Produced By:
Adrian Bean
Father John Gerard:
Owen Teale
John Arden:
Lyndam Gregory
Warder Bonner/Gabriel:
David Roper
John Lillie:
Joe Dunlop
Topcliffe/Hopwood:
John Evitts
Sir Richard Berkeley/ Father Garnet/:
Gareth Armstrong
William Allen:
Gareth Armstrong

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